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- published 18 Sep 2008
- disclosed 18 Sep 2008
Introduced: 18 Sep 2008
CVE-2008-4108 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for Debian:9
python-defaults
.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-defaults
package and not the python-defaults
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4108
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45161
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31184
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020904
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45161