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Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:44:49 +0100
From: Michael Scherer <misc@...b.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE request - open-vm-tools using predictable
filename in /tmp
On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 07:51:17PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> On 10/26/2015 07:23 PM, Michael Scherer wrote:
>
> > It seems that vm-support, from open-vm-tools use /tmp to
> > store output of diagnostic software.
> >
> > See
> > https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/blob/master/open-vm-tools/scripts/common/vm-support#L200
> >
> > Can a CVE be assigned ?
>
> I don't think this is a vulnerability anymore because runcmd prepends
> $OUTPUT_DIR to the path.
Damn, indeed, should have spent more time looking at the bash code :(
--
Michael Scherer
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