Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0138
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
privatepw program in wu-ftpd before 2.6.1-6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Application | 1 | |
OS | 6 | |
OS | 6 | |
OS | 1 |
Nessus
NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2001-001.NASL description WireX discovered a temporary file creation bug in the 2.6.1 release of wu-ftpd. The problem exists in the privatepw helper program. As well, Linux-Mandrake 7.2 users must update to this package as it fixes security problems as discussed in the prior advisory, MDKSA-2000:014, which had not been previously addressed for 7.2. Update : All of the updated packages for Linux Mandrake versions 6.0 through 7.1 and the packages for Corporate Server 1.0.1 installed the wrong pam support file which prevented anyone from logging into the FTP server. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 61875 published 2012-09-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61875 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : wu-ftpd (MDKSA-2001:001-2) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2001:001. # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(61875); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:46"); script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0138"); script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2001:001-2"); script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : wu-ftpd (MDKSA-2001:001-2)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "WireX discovered a temporary file creation bug in the 2.6.1 release of wu-ftpd. The problem exists in the privatepw helper program. As well, Linux-Mandrake 7.2 users must update to this package as it fixes security problems as discussed in the prior advisory, MDKSA-2000:014, which had not been previously addressed for 7.2. Update : All of the updated packages for Linux Mandrake versions 6.0 through 7.1 and the packages for Corporate Server 1.0.1 installed the wrong pam support file which prevented anyone from logging into the FTP server." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected wu-ftpd package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wu-ftpd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2001/01/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/09/06"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.6mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.6mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.6mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.6mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_note(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-016.NASL description Security people at WireX have noticed a temp file creation bug and the WU-FTPD development team has found a possible format string bug in wu-ftpd. Both could be remotely exploited, though no such exploit exists currently. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 14853 published 2004-09-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/14853 title Debian DSA-016-3 : wu-ftpd - temp file creation and format string