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.
References
- http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=527
- 27458 vdb-entry
- https://secure-support.novell.com/KanisaPlatform/Publishing/18/3908994_f.SAL_Public.html
- ADV-2008-0426 vdb-entry
- http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=528
- 3599 third-party-advisory
- patchlinkupdate-reboottask-symlink(39958) vdb-entry
- 28657 third-party-advisory
- patchlinkupdate-logtrimmer-symlink(39956) vdb-entry
- http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=530
- 28665 third-party-advisory
- 20080125 Two vulnerabilities for PatchLink Update Client for Unix. mailing-list
- 1019272 vdb-entry