Bug 580187 (CVE-2010-0826) - CVE-2010-0826 nss_db: Information leak due the DB_CONFIG file read from current working directory
Summary: CVE-2010-0826 nss_db: Information leak due the DB_CONFIG file read from curre...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2010-0826
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
QA Contact:
URL: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+so...
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Depends On: 580191 580192 580539 580540 580541 580542 580543 833945
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-04-07 16:52 UTC by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:36 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-06-25 09:53:56 UTC
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Local extracted copy of "200-set-db-environment.dpatch" (7.79 KB, patch)
2010-04-07 16:59 UTC, Jan Lieskovsky
no flags Details | Diff
Ubuntu patch (7.02 KB, patch)
2010-04-09 06:39 UTC, Tomas Hoger
no flags Details | Diff


Links
System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2010:0347 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: nss_db security update 2010-04-13 21:21:03 UTC

Description Jan Lieskovsky 2010-04-07 16:52:05 UTC
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2010-0826 to
the following vulnerability:

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Berkeley DB NSS module (aka
libnss-db) 2.2.3pre1 reads the DB_CONFIG file in the current working
directory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information
via a symlink attack involving a setgid or setuid application that
uses this module.

References:
  [1] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-0826
  [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libnss-db/+bug/531976
  [3] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-922-1
  [4] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39132
  [5] http://secunia.com/advisories/39165
  [6] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0776

Patch applied by Ubuntu Linux vendor:
  [7] http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libn/libnss-db/libnss-db_2.2
.3pre1-3ubuntu1.8.04.2.diff.gz

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2010-04-07 16:59:58 UTC
Created attachment 405029 [details]
Local extracted copy of "200-set-db-environment.dpatch"

Comment 2 Jan Lieskovsky 2010-04-07 17:02:24 UTC
This issue affects the versions of the nss_db package,
as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

This issue affects the versions of the nss_db package,
as shipped with Fedora release of 11 and 12.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2010-04-07 18:17:05 UTC
nss_db-2.2-47.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nss_db-2.2-47.fc12

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2010-04-07 18:17:11 UTC
nss_db-2.2-46.fc11 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 11.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nss_db-2.2-46.fc11

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2010-04-07 18:17:17 UTC
nss_db-2.2.3-0.3.pre1.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13.
http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nss_db-2.2.3-0.3.pre1.fc13

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2010-04-09 04:02:34 UTC
nss_db-2.2.3-0.3.pre1.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 11 Tomas Hoger 2010-04-09 06:39:55 UTC
Created attachment 405473 [details]
Ubuntu patch

Same thing as comment #1, just throw away unneeded dpatch wrapper and only leave the real patch.

Comment 12 Tomas Hoger 2010-04-12 15:59:46 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> This issue affects the versions of the nss_db package,
> as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

Further investigation of this issue showed that nss_db packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 are not affected, as Berkeley DB versions they use do not attempt to use current working directory as a path to database environment.

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, current working directory is used as database environment, which causes nss_db to attempt to use certain files (such as DB_CONFIG or __db.*) from current working directory of the program.

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2010-04-13 21:21:07 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2010:0347 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0347.html

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2010-05-06 03:41:27 UTC
nss_db-2.2-47.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2010-05-06 03:45:30 UTC
nss_db-2.2-46.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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