Security
Security
lm_sensors is vulnerable to linking attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
| Package | sys-apps/lm_sensors on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 2.9.1-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 2.9.1-r1 |
lm_sensors is a software package that provides drivers for monitoring the temperatures, voltages, and fans of Linux systems with hardware monitoring devices.
Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena has discovered that lm_sensors insecurely creates temporary files with predictable filenames when saving configurations.
A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary file directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When the pwmconfig script of lm_sensors is executed, this would result in the file being overwritten with the rights of the user running the script, which typically is the root user.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All lm_sensors users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/lm_sensors-2.9.1-r1"
Release date
August 30, 2005
Latest revision
August 30, 2005: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local
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