CVE-2008-5149

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Nov 18, 2008
Updated: Aug 7, 2024
Reserved: Nov 18, 2008

Description

fwd_check.sh in libncbi6 6.1.20080302 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/##### temporary file.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

[debian-devel] 20080813 Re: Possible mass bug filing: The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packagesmailing-list
32401vdb-entry
http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt

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