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CVE-2008-4968
Published: Nov 6, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The (1) rccs and (2) STUFF scripts in lmbench 3.0-a7 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/sdiff.##### temporary file.
| 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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30913
vdb-entry
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
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lmbench-rccs-stuff-symlink(44828)
vdb-entry
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http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
x_refsource_MISC
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/lmbench
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://bugs.debian.org/496427
x_refsource_CONFIRM
32587
third-party-advisory
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