UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5150

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5150

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5150.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5150

Related

CVE-2008-5150

Published

2008-11-18T16:00:00Z

Modified

2025-04-23T14:57:56Z

Summary

[none]

Details

sample.sh in maildirsync 1.1 allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/maildirsync-*.#####.log temporary file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / maildirsync

Package

Name: maildirsync
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/maildirsync@1.2-2.2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-2

1.2-2.1

1.2-2.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / maildirsync

Package

Name: maildirsync
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/maildirsync@1.2-2.2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-2.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / maildirsync

Package

Name: maildirsync
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/maildirsync@1.2-2.2?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-2.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / maildirsync

Package

Name: maildirsync
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/maildirsync@1.2-4?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-3

1.2-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}

Ubuntu:24.10 / maildirsync

Package

Name: maildirsync
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/maildirsync@1.2-4?arch=source&distro=oracular

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / maildirsync

Package

Name: maildirsync
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/maildirsync@1.2-4?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / maildirsync

Package

Name: maildirsync
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/maildirsync@1.2-4?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.2-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "negligible"
}