Upstream information

CVE-2008-3277 at MITRE

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for the ibmssh executable in ibutils packages before ibutils-1.5.7-2.el6 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and ibutils-1.2-11.2.el5 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan Horse program in refix/lib/, related to an incorrect RPATH setting in the ELF header.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.4
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

Note from the SUSE Security Team

We are not affected by this vulnerability, as we are not building the affected code into our packages.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 747981 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • ibutils >= 1.5.7-0.15.22
  • ibutils-32bit >= 1.5.7-0.15.22
  • ibutils-devel >= 1.5.7-0.15.22
  • ibutils-devel-32bit >= 1.5.7-0.15.22
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA ibutils-1.5.7-0.15.22
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • ibutils >= 1.5.7-0.7.31
  • ibutils-32bit >= 1.5.7-0.7.31
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA ibutils-1.5.7-0.7.31
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • ibutils >= 1.5.7-0.15.22
  • ibutils-32bit >= 1.5.7-0.15.22
  • ibutils-devel >= 1.5.7-0.15.22
  • ibutils-devel-32bit >= 1.5.7-0.15.22
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA ibutils-1.5.7-0.15.22
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA ibutils-1.5.7-0.15.22


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP2 ibutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 ibutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 ibutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SAP Enterprise Search ibutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 ibutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS ibutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 ibutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS ibutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 ibutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 ibutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 ibutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 ibutils Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 ibutils Unsupported


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 08:30:54 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Sep 11 16:23:36 2023