From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Oct 21 2003 - 09:21:57 CDT

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TITLE:
OpenServer Insecure tmp Files Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA10039

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://www.secunia.com/advisories/10039/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
SCO OpenServer 5.x

DESCRIPTION:
SCO has issued updated packages for OpenServer, which fix a
vulnerability possibly allowing malicious users to escalate their
privileges.

The problem is that several scripts create files in "/tmp" in an
insecure manner. This can potentially be exploited to manipulate
arbitrary files and escalate privileges.

The vulnerability only affects OpenServer 5.0.5.

SOLUTION:
Updated files are available from:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/CSSA-2003-SCO.27/VOL.000.000

REPORTED BY / CREDITS:
Tomasz Kusmierz

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/CSSA-2003-SCO.27/CSSA-2003-SCO.27.txt

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