Access Restriction Bypass Affecting sblim-cmpi-sysfs-test package, versions <0:1.1.9-31.0.1.el5_2.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE5-SBLIMCMPISYSFSTEST-2446685
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed25 Jun 2008

Introduced: 25 Jun 2008

CVE-2008-1951  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:5 sblim-cmpi-sysfs-test to version 0:1.1.9-31.0.1.el5_2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2008-0497.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sblim-cmpi-sysfs-test package and not the sblim-cmpi-sysfs-test package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:5 relevant fixed versions and status.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for Standards Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability (sblim) libraries before 1-13a.el4_6.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, and before 1-31.el5_2.1 in RHEL 5, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in a certain subdirectory of /var/tmp, related to an incorrect RPATH setting, as demonstrated by a malicious libc.so library for tog-pegasus.

CVSS Base Scores

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