Link following in SUSE Linux and Opensuse - CVE-2009-1297
Published: October 23, 2009 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33704
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1297
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Affected software:
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2009-1297
Install update from vendor's website.