Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-0237 - Unspecified vulnerability in Lookup
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The ndeb-binary feature in Lookup (lookup-el) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1269.NASL description Tatsuya Kinoshita discovered that Lookup, a search interface to electronic dictionaries on emacsen, creates a temporary file in an insecure fashion when the ndeb-binary feature is used, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 24865 published 2007-03-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/24865 title Debian DSA-1269-1 : lookup-el - insecure temporary file code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1269. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(24865); script_version("1.14"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:20"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-0237"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1269"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1269-1 : lookup-el - insecure temporary file"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Tatsuya Kinoshita discovered that Lookup, a search interface to electronic dictionaries on emacsen, creates a temporary file in an insecure fashion when the ndeb-binary feature is used, which allows a local attacker to craft a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1269" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the lookup-el package. For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.4-3sarge1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lookup-el"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/03/18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/03/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/03/18"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"lookup-el", reference:"1.4-3sarge1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200712-07.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200712-07 (Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation) Tatsuya Kinoshita reported that the ndeb-binary function does not handle temporay files correctly. Impact : A local attacker could use a symlink attack to overwrite files with the privileges of the user running Lookup. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 29294 published 2007-12-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29294 title GLSA-200712-07 : Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200712-07. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(29294); script_version("1.13"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:44"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-0237"); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200712-07"); script_name(english:"GLSA-200712-07 : Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200712-07 (Lookup: Insecure temporary file creation) Tatsuya Kinoshita reported that the ndeb-binary function does not handle temporay files correctly. Impact : A local attacker could use a symlink attack to overwrite files with the privileges of the user running Lookup. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200712-07" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All Lookup users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emacs/lookup-1.4.1'" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:lookup"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/12/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/12/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/03/18"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"app-emacs/lookup", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.4.1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.4.1"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Lookup"); }
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=197306
- http://osvdb.org/34263
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24377
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24590
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28023
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-07.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1269
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23026
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017792
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33052