CVE-2008-1078 (GCVE-0-2008-1078)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-02-29 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:08
VLAI
Summary
expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1077 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/29144 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/29694 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/29187 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20080… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/33400 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-02-14 00:00
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