CVE-2008-5369

NameCVE-2008-5369
Descriptionnoip2 in noip2 2.1.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/noip2 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 Bugs509348

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
no-ipsource(unstable)2.1.9-1unimportant509348

Notes

original issue doesn't seem to be present, however there is a tmprace in the init
script if it is used to debug with strace and a missing check for mkstemp failing
but these situations are really corner cases

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