Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for Standards Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability (sblim) libraries before 1-13a.el4_6.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, and before 1-31.el5_2.1 in RHEL 5, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in a certain subdirectory of /var/tmp, related to an incorrect RPATH setting, as demonstrated by a malicious libc.so library for tog-pegasus.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise_linux | Redhat | 4 (including) | 4 (including) |
| Enterprise_linux | Redhat | 5 (including) | 5 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | sblim-0:1-13a.el4_6.1 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | sblim-0:1-31.el5_2.1 | * |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30803
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447705
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43315
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9635
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30803
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447705
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43315
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9635
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html