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CVE-2008-4979
Published: Nov 6, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
getipacctg in rancid 2.3.2~a8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/ipacct.#####.prefixes, (2) /tmp/ipacct.#####.sorted, (3) /tmp/ipacct.#####.pl, and (4) /tmp/ipacct.##### temporary files.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://bugs.debian.org/496426
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30954
vdb-entry
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32588
third-party-advisory
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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://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rancid-util
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