CVE-2008-4971
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 6, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 6, 2008
Description
mafft-homologs in mafft 6.240 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/_vf#?????, (2) /tmp/_if#?????, (3) /tmp/_pf#?????, (4) /tmp/_af#?????, (5) /tmp/_rid#?????, (6) /tmp/_res#?????, (7) /tmp/_q#?????, and (8) /tmp/_bf#????? temporary files.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235804
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfiremailing-list
- 30915vdb-entry
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mafft
- http://bugs.debian.org/496366
- mafft-maffthomologs-symlink(44825)vdb-entry
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