---------------------------------------------------------------------- Try a new way to discover vulnerabilities that ALREADY EXIST in your IT infrastructure. The Secunia NSI enables you to INSPECT, DISCOVER, and DOCUMENT vulnerabilities in more than 4,700 different Windows applications. Request your account, the Secunia Network Software Inspector (NSI): http://secunia.com/network_software_inspector/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: guilt Insecure Temporary Files SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA27076 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/27076/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Privilege escalation WHERE: Local system SOFTWARE: guilt 0.x http://secunia.com/product/15947/ DESCRIPTION: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in guilt, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges. The vulnerabilities are caused due to guilt creating and using temporary files insecurely. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to e.g. overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of another user running certain guilt commands (e.g. "guilt-push"). The vulnerabilities are reported in version 0.27. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Restrict access to trusted people only. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported in a Debian bug. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=445308 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------