| Name | CVE-2009-4193 |
| Description | Merkaartor 0.14 allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/merkaartor.log temporary file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 548546 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| merkaartor (PTS) | bullseye | 0.18.4+ds-5 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.19.0+ds-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.20.0+ds-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| merkaartor | source | lenny | (not affected) | | | |
| merkaartor | source | (unstable) | 0.14+svnfixes~20090912-2 | low | | 548546 |
Notes
[lenny] - merkaartor <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present)
does not run as root so minor issue.