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TITLE:
PatchLink Update Client for Unix Insecure Temporary Files

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28665

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28665/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
PatchLink Update 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/3690/

DESCRIPTION:
Larry W. Cashdollar has reported two security issues in the PatchLink
Update client for Unix, which can be exploited by malicious, local
users to truncate arbitrary files and to gain escalated privileges.

1) The "logtrimmer" utility uses the "/tmp/patchlink.tmp" temporary
file in an insecure manner, which can be exploited to truncate
arbitrary files via symlink attacks.

2) The "rebootTask" script uses the "/tmp/plshutdown" temporary file
in an insecure manner, which can be exploited via symlink attacks in
combination with a race condition to execute arbitrary commands with
root privileges.

SOLUTION:
Restrict local access to trusted users only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Larry W. Cashdollar

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Jan/0376.html

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