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Message-ID: <1635693818.1200701275680397128.JavaMail.root@zmail01.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 15:39:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: Guillem Jover <guillem@...ian.org>,
        Aníbal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@...ian.org>,
        "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Subject: Re: CVE Request -- rpcbind -- Insecure (predictable)
 temporary file use

Please use CVE-2010-2061 for this.

Thanks.

-- 
    JB


----- "Jan Lieskovsky" <jlieskov@...hat.com> wrote:

> Hi Steve, vendors,
> 
>    Guillem Jover pointed out:
>    [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583435#5
> 
> a deficiency in the way rpcbind gathered / saved registrations from /
> to
> dumped file(s). A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct
> symbolic
> link attacks, leading to un-authorized disclosure of sensitive
> information
> and / or to important system files data integrity corruption.
> 
> References:
>    [2] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599697
>    [3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583435#15
> 
> Could you allocate CVE id for this?
> 
> Thanks && Regards, Jan.
> --
> Jan iankko Lieskovsky / Red Hat Security Response Team

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