CVE-2008-1078 | BDVDB-2026-29495 Detail
Description#
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
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
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.