CVE-2008-1078
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59
Link Following
Publication date:
29/02/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025
Description
expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
CPE | From | Up to |
---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cpe:2.3:o:rpath:rpath_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29144
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29694
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33400
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29144
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29694
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33400
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html