Name | CVE-2008-4108 |
Description | Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory. |
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 | 498899 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
---|---|---|---|
python-defaults (PTS) | buster | 2.7.16-1 | vulnerable (unimportant) |
bullseye | 2.7.18-3 | vulnerable (unimportant) |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
python-defaults | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | 498899 |
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