| Name | CVE-2008-0666 |
| Description | Website META Language (WML) 2.0.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) the /tmp/pe.tmp.$$ temporary file used by wml_contrib/wmg.cgi and (2) temporary files used by wml_backend/p3_eperl/eperl_sys.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1492-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 463907 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wml (PTS) | sid, trixie, bookworm, bullseye | 2.32.0~ds1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| wml | source | sarge | (not affected) | | | |
| wml | source | etch | 2.0.11-1etch1 | | DSA-1492-1 | |
| wml | source | (unstable) | 2.0.11-3.1 | low | | 463907 |
Notes
[sarge] - wml <not-affected> (Vulnerable code is patched to use mkdtemp)