CVE-2008-4982 | BDVDB-2026-33292 Detail

Description#

rkhunter in rkhunter 1.3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rkhunter-debug temporary file. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1270.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235798
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/rkhunter
http://bugs.debian.org/496375
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46511

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.