RedhatCVE-2008-1078CVE-2008-1078
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
Affected configurations
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| gentoo | linux | * | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| rpath | rpath_linux | * | cpe:2.3:o:rpath:rpath_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
References
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
secunia.com/advisories/29144
secunia.com/advisories/29187
secunia.com/advisories/29694
secunia.com/advisories/33400
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%