CVE-2008-5703

NameCVE-2008-5703
Descriptiongpsdrive (aka gpsdrive-scripts) 2.10~pre4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (a) /tmp/.smswatch or (b) /tmp/gpsdrivepos temporary file, related to (1) examples/gpssmswatch and (2) src/splash.c, different vectors than CVE-2008-4959 and CVE-2008-5380.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs508597

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gpsdrivesourcelenny2.10~pre4-6.dfsg-1+lenny1
gpsdrivesource(unstable)2.10~pre4-6.dfsg-2low508597

Notes

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

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