CVE-2008-0525 Information

Description

PatchLink Update client for Unix as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/28657 http://secunia.com/advisories/28665 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3599 http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=527 http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=528 http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=530 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487103/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27458 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019272 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0426 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39956 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39958 https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/18/3908994_f.SAL_Public.html