Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU89088

Insecure temporary file in Eternal Terminal - CVE-2022-48257

Published: May 1, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU89088

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48257

CWE-ID: CWE-377

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to disable application log.

The vulnerability exists due to etserver and etclient use predictable logfile names in /tmp. A local user can create a log file before the applications and disable logging.

Affected software

Eternal Terminal
Fedora
et

How to mitigate CVE-2022-48257

Install updates from vendor's website.

Eternal Terminal - update to 6.2.3
et - addressed in versions 6.2.8-1.el9, 6.2.8-1.fc38, 6.2.8-1.fc39, 6.2.8-1.fc40, 6.2.8-2.el8

External References

https://github.com/MisterTea/EternalTerminal/issues/555
https://github.com/MisterTea/EternalTerminal/pull/556
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/02/16/1

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