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CVE-2008-4085
Published: Sep 15, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
plait-file-symlink(44786)
vdb-entry
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[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire
mailing-list
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait
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31617
third-party-advisory
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381
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30928
vdb-entry
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