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GHSA-3H2G-4PPF-WWF9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:17 – Updated: 2022-05-17 02:17

Details

chm2pdf 0.9 uses temporary files in directories with fixed names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (chm2pdf failure) of other users by creating those directories ahead of time.

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  "modified": "2022-05-17T02:17:41Z",
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CVE-2008-5298 (GCVE-0-2008-5298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-01 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:49

Summary

chm2pdf 0.9 uses temporary files in directories with fixed names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (chm2pdf failure) of other users by creating those directories ahead of time.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

9 references

URL	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/32257	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/43109	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Date Public

2008-10-12 00:00

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GHSA-3H2G-4PPF-WWF9

CVE-2008-5298 (GCVE-0-2008-5298)

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