SB2009102301 - Link following in SUSE Linux
Published: October 23, 2009 Updated: August 4, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2009102301
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1297)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
iscsi_discovery in open-iscsi in SUSE openSUSE 10.3 through 11.1 and SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 10 SP2 and 11, and other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file that has a predictable name.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.