BRU xbru component has a race condition
| bru-xbru-race-condition (10101) |  High Risk |
Description:
BRU (The Backup and Restore Utility) is vulnerable to a race condition in the xbru component. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to overwrite any file on the system and possibly gain root privileges on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- TOLIS Group, BRU 17.0
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Sep 13 2002 - 13:20:36 CDT, Re: Race condition in BRU Workstation 17.0 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0153.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Sep 13 2002 - 17:20:03 CDT, Re: Race condition in BRU Workstation 17.0 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0162.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Sep 12 2002 - 19:08:16 CDT , Race condition in BRU Workstation 17.0 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0154.html.
- The TOLIS Group, Inc. Web site, BRU at http://www.tolisgroup.com/products3.html.
- BID-5708: BRU XBRU Insecure Temporary File Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1512: xbru in BRU Workstation 17.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the xbru_dscheck.dd temporary file.
Reported:
Sep 12, 2002
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