| Name | CVE-2008-4939 |
| Description | apertium 3.0.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/#####.lex.cc, (b) /tmp/#####.deformat.l, (c) /tmp/#####.reformat.l, (d) /tmp/#####docxorig, (e) /tmp/#####docxsalida.zip, (f) /tmp/#####xlsxembed, (g) /tmp/#####xlsxorig, and (h) /tmp/#####xslxsalida.zip temporary files, related to the (1) apertium-gen-deformat, (2) apertium-gen-reformat, and (3) apertium scripts. |
| 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 | 496395 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| apertium (PTS) | buster | 3.5.2-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.7.1-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 3.8.3-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 3.9.4-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| apertium | source | (unstable) | 3.0.7+1-1.1 | low | 496395 |
[etch] - apertium <no-dsa> (Minor issue)