CVE-2008-4979

Summary

getipacctg in rancid 2.3.2~a8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/ipacct.#####.prefixes, (2) /tmp/ipacct.#####.sorted, (3) /tmp/ipacct.#####.pl, and (4) /tmp/ipacct.##### temporary files.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496426
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30954
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32588
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rancid-util

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496426
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30954
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32588
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rancid-util

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