Title: wu-ftpd /tmp File Race Condition Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
wu-ftpd is an open source, freely available ftp daemon software package included with many distributions of the Linux Operating System. A problem in the software could allow a race condition.
The problem occurs in the creation and handling of files in the /tmp directory. The program privatepw within the software package creates files within the /tmp directory insecurely, first by using a predictable naming scheme for the files, and additionally by not checking for the existance of the file. It is possible to create a range of symbolic links using variants of the name of the wu-ftpd /tmp filename. This problem could allow a user to overwrite or append to and corrupt a file that the UID of the wu-ftpd process has write access to. The wu-ftpd process normally runs as root.
Affected Products:
- Debian Linux 2.2.0
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 68k
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 alpha
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 arm
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 powerpc
- Debian Linux 2.2.0 sparc
- MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 6.0.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 6.1.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 7.0.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 7.1.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 7.2.0
- RedHat Linux 7.0.0
- WireX Immunix OS 7.0.0 -Beta
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