CVE-2008-1078

Summary

expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29144
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29694
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29187
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33400

References

• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29144
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29694
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29187
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33400

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