CVE-2008-1078

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.2 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2008-02-29

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected products

• Linux (Gentoo)
• Rpath Linux (Rpath)

References

• 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