CVE-2008-4973
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4973
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-4973.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-4973
- Published
- 2008-11-06T15:55:51Z
- Modified
- 2024-11-21T00:52:58Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
i2myspell in myspell 3.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/i2my#####.1 and (2) /tmp/i2my#####.2 temporary files.
- References
-
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/myspell-tools
- http://bugs.debian.org/496392
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30929
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44830
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4973
Affected packages
Debian:11 / myspell
Package
- Name
- myspell
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/myspell?arch=source