J-Security Center

Title: Rational ClearCase SUID Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

Rational Software's ClearCase product includes a vulnerability whereby an unprivileged user can have any readable executable set to SUID root.. A 1.5 meg file is copied and then chmod'ed to SUID, and during the time this file is being copied it can be unlinked and replaced with another.

Affected Products:

  • Rational Software ClearCase for Unix 3.2.0

References:

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