1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1235-1

USN-1235-1: Open-iSCSI vulnerability

Publication date

20 October 2011

Overview

iscsi_discovery in open-iscsi could be made to overwrite files as the administrator.

Releases

Packages

Details

Colin Watson discovered that iscsi_discovery in Open-iSCSI did not safely
create temporary files. A local attacker could exploit this to to overwrite
arbitrary files with root privileges.

Colin Watson discovered that iscsi_discovery in Open-iSCSI did not safely
create temporary files. A local attacker could exploit this to to overwrite
arbitrary files with root privileges.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
8.04 hardy open-iscsi –  2.0.865-1ubuntu3.5

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