CVE-2008-4985

NameCVE-2008-4985
Descriptionvdrleaktest in Video Disk Recorder (aka vdr-dbg or vdr) 1.6.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/memleaktest.log temporary file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs496421

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
vdr (PTS)buster2.4.0-1fixed
bullseye2.4.1-4.1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm2.6.0-1.1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
vdrsourceetch(not affected)
vdrsource(unstable)1.6.0-6low496421

Notes

[etch] - vdr <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)

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