Description
The writeFile function in core/smb4kfileio.cpp in Smb4K before 0.8.0 does not preserve /etc/sudoers permissions across modifications, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (/etc/sudoers contents) by reading this file.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23984 ↗
- https://lists.berlios.de/pipermail/smb4k-announce/2006-December/000037.html ↗
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.html ↗
- http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=9777 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22299 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24111 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24469 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0393 ↗
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-09.xml ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23937 ↗
- http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=11902 ↗
- http://developer.berlios.de/project/shownotes.php?release_id=11706 ↗
- http://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=9630&group_id=769 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:042 ↗