CVE-2008-4983
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 6, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 6, 2008
Description
scilab-bin 4.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/SciLink#####1, (b) /tmp/SciLink#####2, (c) /tmp/SciLink#####3, (d) /tmp/*.#####, (e) /tmp/*.#####.res, (f) /tmp/*.#####.err, and (g) /tmp/*.#####.diff temporary files, related to the (1) scilink, (2) scidoc, and (3) scidem scripts.
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
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfiremailing-list
- 30968vdb-entry
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://bugs.debian.org/496414
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/scilab-bin
- scilabbin-multiple-symlink(44883)vdb-entry
- 33630third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200901-14vendor-advisory
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