BusyBox Netlink Messages Can Be Spoofed By Local Users
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1010272 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1010272
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CVE Reference:
GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: May 25 2004
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Impact:
Modification of system information
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in BusyBox. A local user may be able to spoof certain messages.
SuSE reported in an advisory (SuSE-SA:2004:012; pertaining to a different vulnerability in a different product) that BusyBox does not properly handle netlink sockets. A local user can reportedly spoof netlink messages to the BusyBox process.
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Impact:
A local user can reportedly spoof netlink messages to the BusyBox process.
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Solution:
No upstream solution was available at the time of this entry.
[Editor's note: SuSE reported that a fixed version for SuSE Linux is available from the SuSE FTP servers. However, SuSE has not yet issued an advisory for this flaw.]
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Vendor URL: www.busybox.net/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Authentication error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 15:10:14 -0400
Subject: busybox
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SuSE-SA:2004:012
> - busybox
> Busybox does not handle netlink sockets correctly, which allows
> local attackers to spoof netlink messages to the busybox process
> New packages are available on our FTP servers.
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