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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3103

Original release date:07/15/2007
Last revised:10/30/2012
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The init.d script for the X.Org X11 xfs font server on various Linux distributions might allow local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.font-unix temporary file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:6.2 (MEDIUM) (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 1.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: IDEFENSE
Name: 20070712 Red Hat Enterprise Linux init.d XFS Script chown Race Condition Vulnerability
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=557
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-3651
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00096.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-3666
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00095.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1485
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1485
External Source: XF
Name: redhat-xfs-privilege-escalation(35375)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/35375
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1018375
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018375
External Source: BID
Name: 24888
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24888
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070717 rPSA-2007-0141-1 xorg-x11 xorg-x11-fonts xorg-x11-tools xorg-x11-xfs
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/473869/100/0/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0520
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0520.html
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:0519
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0519.html
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 5167
Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5167
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1342
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1342
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200710-11
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-11.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 35674
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35674
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27240
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27240
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26282
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26282
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26081
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26081
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26056
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26056
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10802
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10802
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 40945
Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/40945
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/242903
Hyperlink:http://bugzilla.redhat.com/242903
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185660
Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185660

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10802
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10802

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0::as
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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0::ws
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/o:redhat:linux
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3103