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CVE-2008-4982
Published: Nov 6, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
rkhunter in rkhunter 1.3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rkhunter-debug temporary file. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1270.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235798
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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/rkhunter
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http://bugs.debian.org/496375
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rkhunter-rkhunterdebug-symlink(46511)
vdb-entry
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