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Message-ID: <20081124212020.GA22752@inutil.org> Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:20:20 +0100 From: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@...til.org> To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com Cc: cve@...re.org Subject: Re: CVE Request: VirtualBox tmp file issue Ludwig Nussel wrote: > http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog: > VirtualBox 2.0.6 > - Linux/Solaris/Darwin hosts: verify permissions in /tmp/vbox-$USER-ipc > > These changes match that description: > http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset?new=trunk%2Fsrc%2Flibs%2Fxpcom18a4%2Fipc%2Fipcd%2Fdaemon%2Fsrc%2FipcdUnix.cpp%4013810&old=trunk%2Fsrc%2Flibs%2Fxpcom18a4%2Fipc%2Fipcd%2Fdaemon%2Fsrc%2FipcdUnix.cpp%407049 > > VirtualBox uses /tmp/vbox-$USER-ipc to store a socket and a lock > file. The lock file is truncated after a simple open call. AFAICS > creating /tmp/vbox-$USER-ipc before the victim starts VirtualBox > could therefore be exploited to create files as the victim or > truncate files of the victim. This is http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504149 (I already sent this to vendor-sec on the 7th, but the CVE request seems to have fallen through the crack) Cheers, Moritz
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