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CVE-2008-5034
Published: Nov 10, 2008
Modified: Sep 17, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
master-filter in printfilters-ppd 2.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filter.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating 'this package does not have " possibility of attack with the help of symlinks"'
| 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/printfilters-ppd
x_refsource_MISC
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
x_refsource_MISC
http://bugs.debian.org/496417
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