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Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64800 |
Category: | Red Hat Local Security Checks |
Title: | RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1339 |
Summary: | The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory RHSA-2009:1339.;;The rgmanager package contains the Red Hat Resource Group Manager, which;provides high availability for critical server applications in the event of;system downtime.;;Multiple insecure temporary file use flaws were discovered in rgmanager and;various resource scripts run by rgmanager. A local attacker could use these;flaws to overwrite an arbitrary file writable by the rgmanager process;(i.e. user root) with the output of rgmanager or a resource agent via a;symbolic link attack. (CVE-2008-6552) |
Description: | Summary: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1339. The rgmanager package contains the Red Hat Resource Group Manager, which provides high availability for critical server applications in the event of system downtime. Multiple insecure temporary file use flaws were discovered in rgmanager and various resource scripts run by rgmanager. A local attacker could use these flaws to overwrite an arbitrary file writable by the rgmanager process (i.e. user root) with the output of rgmanager or a resource agent via a symbolic link attack. (CVE-2008-6552) Solution: Users of rgmanager are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues. Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date CVSS Score: 6.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-6552 BugTraq ID: 32179 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32179 http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.html http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.html http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.html http://osvdb.org/50299 http://osvdb.org/50300 http://osvdb.org/50301 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11404 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2009:1337 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1337.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1339.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1341.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0264.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0265.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32602 http://secunia.com/advisories/32616 http://secunia.com/advisories/36530 http://secunia.com/advisories/36555 http://secunia.com/advisories/43367 http://secunia.com/advisories/43372 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0416 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0417 XForce ISS Database: clusterproject-unspecified-priv-escalation(46412) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46412 |
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