Security
Security
An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in Honeyd, possibly leading to symlink attacks.
| Package | net-analyzer/honeyd on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 1.5c-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 1.5c-r1 |
Honeyd is a small daemon that creates virtual hosts on a network.
Dmitry E. Oboukhov reported an insecure temporary file usage within the "test.sh" script.
A local attacker could perform symlink attacks and overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Honeyd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/honeyd-1.5c-r1"
Release date
December 12, 2008
Latest revision
December 12, 2008: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local
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