Bug 447705 (CVE-2008-1951)

Summary: CVE-2008-1951 sblim: libraries built with insecure RPATH
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dmalcolm, kreilly, rcvalle, vcrhonek
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Bug Depends On: 446859, 447712, 447713, 447714    
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-05-21 09:32:26 UTC 
It was discovered that libraries shipped in sblim packages in Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 4 and 5 have RPATH set pointing to a directory in a world-writable
temporary directory:
/var/tmp/sblim-<version>-<release>-root-brewbuilder//usr/lib .  That directory
existed on the build system during the package build, but is unlikely to exist
on systems where sblim packages are installed.

This issue can be exploited by a local user to create fake library required by
sblim libraries and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
application using sblim such as tog-pegasus.
Comment 4 Tomas Hoger 2008-06-24 09:00:49 UTC 
Lifting embargo.
Comment 5 Red Hat Product Security 2008-06-24 09:34:18 UTC 
This issue was addressed in:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux:
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html