CVE-2010-1693

Publication date 26 October 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Description

openibd in OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.5.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/ib_set_node_desc.sh temporary file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ofa-kernel 10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes


jdstrand

this script is actually in ofa-kernel, not OFED. Currently, there is an ITP bug on ofa-kernel, but it is not in Debian or Ubuntu yet. Fix is in ofa_1_5_kernel/.../ofed_scripts/openibd from 2010-10-28 (see References).


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