Description
xastir 1.9.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (a) /tmp/ldconfig.tmp, (b) /tmp/ldconf.tmp, and (c) /tmp/ld.so.conf temporary files, related to the (1) get-maptools.sh and (2) get_shapelib.sh scripts.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | xastir | 1.9.2-1.1 | — |
| Debian 13 | xastir | 1.9.2-1.1 | — |
| Debian 12 | xastir | 1.9.2-1.1 | — |
References
- 31771 third-party-advisory
- xastir-getmaptools-getshapelib-symlink(44920) vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-7541 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire mailing-list
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://bugs.debian.org/496383
- 31030 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-7269 vendor-advisory
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460429
- 31677 third-party-advisory
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xastir