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Date: Mon Jun  6 10:35:18 2005
From: exploits at zataz.net (ZATAZ Audits)
Subject: LutelWall <= 0.97 insecure temporary file creation

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LutelWall insecure temporary file creation

Vendor: http://firewall.lutel.pl/index.php
Advisory: http://www.zataz.net/adviso/lutelwall-05222005.txt
Vendor informed: yes
Exploit available: yes
Impact : medium
Exploitation : low

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The vulnerability is caused due to temporary file being created insecurely.
This can be exploited via symlink attacks to create and overwrite 
arbitrary files
with the privileges of the user running the affected script.

The exploitation require that the root try to update the software.

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Versions:
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LutelWall <= 0.97

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Solution:
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non solution yet.

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Timeline:
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Discovered : 2005-05-22
Vendor notified : 2005-05-22
Vendor response : none
Vendor fix :  no fix
Disclosure : 2005-06-06

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Technical details :
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Vulnerable code :
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# Prefix of temporary firewall files
tmp='/tmp/lutelwall'

new_version_check () { # Check for new version of script

  if [ "`wget -V 2>&1 >/dev/null`" ]; then
   message 3 "Warrning: Wget is required to check for updates."
  else
   new_ver=`wget -C off -O - -q -t 1 -T 3 -w 3 -U "\`uname -a 2>&1\`" 
http://firewall.lutel.pl/ver`
   if [ `echo $current_version | gawk '{ gsub("\\\.","") ; print 1$0 }'` 
-lt `echo $new_ver | gawk '{ gsub("\\\.","") ; print 1$0 }'` ]; then
    echo -e "\nThere is newer version of LutelWall (${new_ver})"
    echo -n " Changes since previous version:"
    echo `wget -C off -O $tmp-newfeat -q -t 1 -T 3 -w 3 
http://firewall.lutel.pl/FEATURES-${new_ver}`
    cat $tmp-newfeat
    echo "Do you want to update [y/N]? "
    read -s -t 5 -n 1 ln
    if [ "$ln" = 'y' -o "$ln" = 'Y' ]; then
     wget -O $tmp-script -q -T 3 http://firewall.lutel.pl/lutelwall
     cat $tmp-script > $0
     rm -rf $tmp-script
     echo "Your firewall is up to date, exiting after update!"
     exit
    else
     message 5 "Update aborted"
    fi
   else
     message 5 "LutelWall is up-to-date"
   fi;
  fi;

}

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Related :
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nothing related

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Credits :
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Eric Romang (eromang@...az.net - ZATAZ Audit)

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