CVE-2008-4944

NameCVE-2008-4944
Descriptionwrittercontrol in cdcontrol 1.90 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/v-recorder*-out temporary files.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs496438

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cdcontrolsource(unstable)(unfixed)low496438

Notes

[etch] - cdcontrol <no-dsa> (Minor issue)

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