CVE-2008-4949

2008-11-0514:51:00

mitre

www.cve.org

AI Score

6.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

dist 3.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/cil#####, (b) /tmp/pdo#####, and © /tmp/pdn##### temporary files, related to the (1) patcil and (2) patdiff scripts.

References

bugs.debian.org/496412

dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dist

uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

www.securityfocus.com/bid/30908

bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44818