Bug 797878 (CVE-2012-1088)

Summary:	CVE-2012-1088 iproute: multiple insecure temporary file use issues
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE	QA Contact:
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	jpopelka, jrusnack, psabata, rvokal, twoerner
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OS:	Linux
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Bug Depends On:	797881, 805443
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2012-02-27 11:57:31 UTC

Multiple (by checking for ATM technology support, checking for Xtables extension support, checking for setns() system call support, and in dhcp-client-script example script) insecure temporary file use cases were found in iproute. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symbolic link attacks (modify or remove files via specially-crafted link names).

Upstream patches:
[1] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git;a=commitdiff;h=e557d1ac3a156ba7521ba44b0b412af4542f83f8
[2] http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git;a=commitdiff;h=20ed7b24df05eadf83168d1d0ce0052a31380928

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-02-27 12:00:53 UTC

This issue affects the versions of the iproute package, as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

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This issue affects the versions of the iproute package, as shipped with Fedora release of 15 and 16. Please schedule an update.

Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-02-27 12:02:03 UTC

Created iproute tracking bugs for this issue

Affects: fedora-all [bug 797881]

Comment 3 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-02-27 12:09:23 UTC

CVE request:
[3] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/27/8

Comment 4 Jan Lieskovsky 2012-02-27 17:15:03 UTC

The CVE identifier of CVE-2012-1088 has been assigned to this issue:
[4] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/27/13

Comment 7 Tomas Hoger 2012-03-21 18:56:08 UTC

This CVE covers insecure temporary files use in configure script, which is only used at package build time and does not affect users using binary packages provided by Red Hat, and the other issue affects example dhcp-client-script script, which is not included in iproute packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. These issue hence has not impact of Red Hat Enterprise Linux users.  They were addressed in Fedora and hence fixes will be included in future Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions, but there is no plan to backport fixes to already released versions.

Statement:

These issues only affect a script used during package build and do not affect binary iproute packages shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Therefore, they are not planned to be addressed in iproute packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, they are only planned to be addressed in the future Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2012-03-21 19:02:13 UTC

iproute-3.2.0-3.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2012-03-24 00:24:14 UTC

iproute-2.6.38.1-6.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2012-03-24 00:34:58 UTC

iproute-2.6.39-5.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.