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Bugtraq: Re: [Full-Disclosure] Possible race condition in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Red Hat Linux during LiveUpdate

Re: [Full-Disclosure] Possible race condition in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Red Hat Linux during LiveUpdate

From: <Valdis.Kletnieks_at_vt.edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:21:39 -0500

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:49:53 +0100, "Dr. Peter Bieringer" said:

> logfile=/tmp/LiveUpdate.log <---!!!!!!
>
> Impact:
> Before first run of LiveUpdate (like suggested in doc, user "symantec" does
> this) a possible race condition via a symlink attack by another user will
> result in the creation of a new file (as user "symantec") or appending
> LiveUpdate log to an existent file (owned by user "symantec").

For bonus points, figure out what happens if you reboot and your /etc/fstab has this:

none /tmp tmpfs mode=1777 0 0

The gift that keeps on giving. ;)

  • application/pgp-signature attachment: stored
Received on Feb 17 2004
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