Bug#521107: unsafe /tmp usage
Package: xfs
Version: 1:1.0.8-2.1
Severity: normal
Tags: security
User: ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com
Usertags: origin-ubuntu jaunty
Hello,
There is a bug in the Ubuntu bug tracker about xfs's init script being used
in an unsafe fashion. It seems that OpenSUSE has solved this as well:
"set_up_socket_dir moves /tmp/.font-unix to /tmp/.font-unix.$$.
Unfortunately $$ is predictable and there is no test, that
/tmp/.font-unix.$$ does not already exist. So especially symlink attacks
are possible. The attack is only possible, if /tmp/.font-unix does not
already exist. Then an attacker could create an /tmp/.font-unix file (not
directory) and create some symlinks in the form /tmp/.font-unix.XXXX (where
XXXX are possible PID numbers). The start script than moves /tmp/.font-unix
to an symlinked directory /tmp/.font-unix.XXXX."
-Kees
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299560
[2] https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=408006
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Kees Cook @debian.org
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