Bug 736317 (CVE-2011-3351)

Summary:	CVE-2011-3351 openvas-scanner: Insecure temporary file use by generation of an OVAL system characteristics document, when ovaldi support enabled
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	huzaifas, jrusnack, rebus, stjepan.gros, vdanen, xavier
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	736321, 736322
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2011-09-07 12:08:39 UTC

It was reported that the scanner module for the Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) used insecure way for creation of a temporary file, when generating OVAL system characteristics document from the knowledge base data available, with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system, accessible with the privileges of the user running the SLAD daemon and / or the ovaldi OVAL interpreter.

References:
[1] http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-09/0057.html
[2] http://secunia.com/advisories/45836/

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2011-09-07 12:15:08 UTC

This issue affects the versions of the openvas-scanner package, as shipped with Fedora release of 14 and 15. Please schedule an update (once final upstream patch known).

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This issue affects the version of the openvas-scanner package, as present within EPEL-6 repository. Please schedule an update (once final upstream patch known).

Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2011-09-07 12:16:32 UTC

CVE Request:
[3] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/07/4

Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2011-09-07 12:17:45 UTC

Created openvas-scanner tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: epel-6 [bug 736321]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 736322]

Comment 4 Vincent Danen 2011-09-09 23:15:01 UTC

This was assigned the name CVE-2011-3351.