Vulnerability in Troglobit Pimd

CVE-2011-0007

pimd 2.1.5 and possibly earlier versions allows user-assisted local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) pimd.dump when a USR1 signal is sent, or (2) pimd.cache when USR2 is sent.

EPSS: 0.003 (26.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Troglobit Pimd — versions 2.1.5
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)