Secunia Security Advisory - Robert Watson has reported some vulnerabilities in CerbNG, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security restrictions.
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TITLE:
CerbNG Multiple Race Condition Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26474
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26474/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
Local system
SOFTWARE:
CerbNG 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/15336/
DESCRIPTION:
Robert Watson has reported some vulnerabilities in CerbNG, which can
be exploited by malicious, local users to bypass certain security
restrictions.
For more information:
SA26469
CerbNG for FreeBSD 4.8 is reported to be vulnerable. Other versions
may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not rely on the security provided by CerbNG.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Robert Watson
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.watson.org/~robert/2007woot/2007usenixwoot-exploitingconcurrency.pdf
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26469:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26469/
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