CVE-2001-1041

Description

oracle program in Oracle 8.0.x, 8.1.x and 9.0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an Oracle log trace (.trc) file that is created in an alternate home directory identified by the ORACLE_HOME environment variable.

Affected products

• oracle / database_server8.0 – 8.0
• oracle / database_server8.1 – 8.1
• oracle / database_server9.0.1 – 9.0.1

References

• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3135
• MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100395579811880&w=2
• MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99677282117387&w=2
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/oracle_race.pdf