CVE-2008-4108
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 18, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Sep 15, 2008
Description
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 4274third-party-advisory
- 31184vdb-entry
- python-movefaqwiz-symlink(45161)vdb-entry
- 1020904vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-2659vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326
- [oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE Request (python)mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20080915 CVE Request (python)mailing-list
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899
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