CVE-2008-4976 (GCVE-0-2008-4976)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-06 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
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Summary
ogle 0.9.2 and ogle-mmx 0.9.2 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/ogle_audio.#####, (b) /tmp/ogle_cli.#####, (c) /tmp/ogle_ctrl.#####, (d) /tmp/ogle_gui.#####, (e) /tmp/ogle_mpeg_ps.#####, (f) /tmp/ogle_mpeg_vs.#####, (g) /tmp/ogle_nav.#####, and (h) /tmp/ogle_vout.#####, temporary files, related to the (1) ogle_audio_debug, (2) ogle_cli_debug, (3) ogle_ctrl_debug, (4) ogle_gui_debug, (5) ogle_mpeg_ps_debug, (6) ogle_mpeg_vs_debug, (7) ogle_nav_debug, and (8) ogle_vout_debug scripts.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2008-08-11 00:00
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