CVE-2008-4996

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: Nov 7, 2008
Updated: Jan 17, 2025
Reserved: Nov 7, 2008

Description

init in initramfs-tools 0.92f allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/initramfs.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that "init is [used in] a single-user context; there's no possibility that this is exploitable.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/initramfs-tools
[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/496386

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.