CVE-2008-1569

NameCVE-2008-1569
Descriptionpolicyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1531-2

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
policyd-weight (PTS)buster, bullseye0.1.15.2-12fixed
bookworm, sid0.1.15.2-12.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
policyd-weightsourceetch0.1.14-beta-6etch2DSA-1531-2
policyd-weightsource(unstable)0.1.14.17-1low
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