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CVE-2008-4949
Published: Nov 5, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
dist 3.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/cil#####, (b) /tmp/pdo#####, and (c) /tmp/pdn##### temporary files, related to the (1) patcil and (2) patdiff scripts.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire
mailing-list
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30908
vdb-entry
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
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http://bugs.debian.org/496412
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http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dist
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dist-file-symlink(44818)
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