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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - ibutils: insecure relative RPATH (CVE-2008-3277)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2012:0311 :

Updated ibutils packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The ibutils packages provide InfiniBand network and path diagnostics.

It was found that the ibmssh executable had an insecure relative RPATH (runtime library search path) set in the ELF (Executable and Linking Format) header. A local user able to convince another user to run ibmssh in an attacker-controlled directory could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the victim. (CVE-2008-3277)

This update also fixes the following bug :

* Under certain circumstances, the 'ibdiagnet -r' command could suffer from memory corruption and terminate with a 'double free or corruption' message and a backtrace. With this update, the correct memory management function is used to prevent the corruption.
(BZ#711779)

All users of ibutils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

The ibutils packages provide InfiniBand network and path diagnostics.

It was found that the ibmssh executable had an insecure relative RPATH (runtime library search path) set in the ELF (Executable and Linking Format) header. A local user able to convince another user to run ibmssh in an attacker-controlled directory could run arbitrary code with the privileges of the victim. (CVE-2008-3277)

This update also fixes the following bug :

  - Under certain circumstances, the 'ibdiagnet -r' command     could suffer from memory corruption and terminate with a     'double free or corruption' message and a backtrace.
    With this update, the correct memory management function     is used to prevent the corruption.

All users of ibutils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0311 advisory.

  - ibutils: insecure relative RPATH (CVE-2008-3277)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
199026	RHEL 4 : ibutils (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
68482	Oracle Linux 5 : ibutils (ELSA-2012-0311)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
61262	Scientific Linux Security Update : ibutils on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120221)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
58065	RHEL 5 : ibutils (RHSA-2012:0311)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2008-3277

critical

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