CVE-2008-4108
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4108
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-4108.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-4108
- Published
- 2008-09-18T17:59:33Z
- Modified
- 2025-01-08T03:21:02.579842Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.
- References
-
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31184
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020904
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45161
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4108
Affected packages
Debian:11 / python-defaults
Package
- Name
- python-defaults
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/python-defaults?arch=source