Insecure Temporary File in s390-tools - CVE-2021-25316
Published: March 15, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU51450
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-25316
CWE-ID: CWE-377
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: IBM s390 Linux
Affected software:
s390-tools
s390-tools
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to s390-tools creates temporary files with predictable file names during VM migration. A local user can create temporary files before the VM migration starts and perform a DoS attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2021-25316
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.