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Message-ID: <200402161621.i1GGLdec009058@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu)
Subject: Possible race condition in Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine for Red Hat Linux during LiveUpdate
On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:49:53 +0100, "Dr. Peter Bieringer" said:
> logfile=/tmp/LiveUpdate.log <---!!!!!!
>
> Impact:
> Before first run of LiveUpdate (like suggested in doc, user "symantec" does
> this) a possible race condition via a symlink attack by another user will
> result in the creation of a new file (as user "symantec") or appending
> LiveUpdate log to an existent file (owned by user "symantec").
For bonus points, figure out what happens if you reboot and your /etc/fstab has this:
none /tmp tmpfs mode=1777 0 0
The gift that keeps on giving. ;)
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