CVE-2008-4983

2008-11-0615:55:00

Debian Security Bug Tracker

security-tracker.debian.org

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

JSON

scilab-bin 4.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/SciLink#####1, (b) /tmp/SciLink#####2, © /tmp/SciLink#####3, (d) /tmp/.#####, (e) /tmp/.#####.res, (f) /tmp/.#####.err, and (g) /tmp/.#####.diff temporary files, related to the (1) scilink, (2) scidoc, and (3) scidem scripts.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Debian12allscilab< 4.1.2-6scilab_4.1.2-6_all.deb
Debian11allscilab< 4.1.2-6scilab_4.1.2-6_all.deb
Debian10allscilab< 4.1.2-6scilab_4.1.2-6_all.deb
Debian999allscilab< 4.1.2-6scilab_4.1.2-6_all.deb
Debian13allscilab< 4.1.2-6scilab_4.1.2-6_all.deb

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Debian	12	all	scilab	< 4.1.2-6	scilab_4.1.2-6_all.deb
Debian	11	all	scilab	< 4.1.2-6	scilab_4.1.2-6_all.deb
Debian	10	all	scilab	< 4.1.2-6	scilab_4.1.2-6_all.deb
Debian	999	all	scilab	< 4.1.2-6	scilab_4.1.2-6_all.deb
Debian	13	all	scilab	< 4.1.2-6	scilab_4.1.2-6_all.deb