CVE-2008-4982
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 6, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 6, 2008
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.
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
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235798
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfiremailing-list
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rkhunter
- http://bugs.debian.org/496375
- rkhunter-rkhunterdebug-symlink(46511)vdb-entry
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