Name | CVE-2008-1901 |
Description | aptlinex before 0.91 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gambas-apt.lock temporary file. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Debian Bugs | 476588 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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aptlinex | source | (unstable) | 0.91-1 | medium | | 476588 |
Notes
code execution via /tmp/gambas-apt-exec is also possible, maintainer confirmed this