CVE-2008-4636 (GCVE-0-2008-4636)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-27 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:24
VLAI
Summary
yast2-backup 2.14.2 through 2.16.6 on SUSE Linux and Novell Linux allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the backup process.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32464 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/32832 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://osvdb.org/50284 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2008-11-25 00:00
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