CVE-2008-4085

Summary

plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31617
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30928
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31617
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30928
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154

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