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CVE-2008-4108
Published: Sep 18, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.
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References
4274
third-party-advisory
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31184
vdb-entry
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python-movefaqwiz-symlink(45161)
vdb-entry
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1020904
vdb-entry
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ADV-2008-2659
vdb-entry
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326
x_refsource_CONFIRM
[oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE Request (python)
mailing-list
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[oss-security] 20080915 CVE Request (python)
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899
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