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CVE-2008-4997
Published: Nov 7, 2008
Modified: Sep 17, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
dfxml-invoice in datafreedom-perl 0.1.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/zenity temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that the vector is solely "an EXAMPLE used in the manpage.
| 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
x_refsource_MLIST
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/datafreedom-perl
x_refsource_MISC
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
x_refsource_MISC
http://bugs.debian.org/496429
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