CVE-2008-4993

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

07/11/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

qemu-dm.debug in Xen 3.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/args temporary file.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

6.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:3.2.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://bugs.debian.org/496367
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xen-utils-3.2-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009%3A016
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0003.html
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235805
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46545
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9576
http://bugs.debian.org/496367
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xen-utils-3.2-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009%3A016
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0003.html
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235805
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46545
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9576