PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-01-31T19:30:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:46:54.858Z

Reserved: 2008-01-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-0525

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-01-31T20:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:42:18.560

Link: CVE-2008-0525

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