A third-party installer generation tool, possibly BitRock InstallBuilder, as used in products including Process-one ejabberd 1.1.1_1 and earlier, generates an installer that allows local users to cause a denial of service via a symlink attack on the bitrock_installer.log temporary file. NOTE: it is possible that this vulnerability is present in other products that use this installer.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2221
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26221
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26261
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19928
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19954
• http://www.osvdb.org/25215
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432719/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432870/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17804
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1642
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1659