CVE-2008-4979 | BDVDB-2026-33289 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12008-11-06Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.