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CVE-2008-4957
Published: Nov 5, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
find_flags in Kitware GCC-XML (gccxml) 0.9.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/*.cxx temporary file.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://bugs.debian.org/496391
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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/gccxml
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gccxml-findflags-symlink(46408)
vdb-entry
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