CVE-2009-1601

Published: 11 May 2009

The Ubuntu clamav-milter.init script in clamav-milter before 0.95.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2 in Ubuntu 9.04 sets the ownership of the current working directory to the clamav account, which might allow local users to bypass intended access restrictions via read or write operations involving this directory.

Notes

clamav-milter initscript chowns arbitrary directories to 'clamav'
user (usually '/', but could be any directory the user starts or restarts
the script from)

Status

References

• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-770-1
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1601
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Bugs

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/+source/clamav/+bug/365823