CVE-2008-5152

NameCVE-2008-5152
Descriptioninmail-show in mh-book 200605 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/inmail#####.log or (2) /tmp/inmail#####.stdin temporary file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mh-book (PTS)buster200605-2vulnerable (unimportant)
bullseye200605-2.1vulnerable (unimportant)
bookworm, sid, trixie200605-2.2vulnerable (unimportant)

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mh-booksource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

unsafe code is in example script

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