CVE-2008-4959
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 5, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 5, 2008
Description
geo-code in gpsdrive-scripts 2.10~pre4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/geo.google, (2) /tmp/geo.yahoo, (3) /tmp/geo.coords, and (4) /tmp/geo#####.coords temporary files.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- gpsdrive-geocode-symlink(44759)vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2009-1366vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfiremailing-list
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://bugs.debian.org/496436
- 30905vdb-entry
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gpsdrive-scripts
- 31694third-party-advisory
- 33825third-party-advisory
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