CVE-2008-4949

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

CVE-2008-4949

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

CVE-2008-4949

CVE-2008-4949 affects dist 3.5. Local users can overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files /tmp/cil#####, /tmp/pdo#####, and /tmp/pdn#####, related to the patcil and patdiff scripts. Root cause is a symlink-based race in handling these temporary files. The description does ...