CVE-2008-4946

convirt 0.8.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/set_output temporary file, related to the (1) _template_/provision.sh, (2) Linux_CD_Install/provision.sh, (3) Fedora_PV_Install/provision.sh, (4) CentOS_PV_Install/provision.sh, (5) common/provision.sh, (6) example/provision.sh, and (7) Windows_CD_Install/provision.sh scripts in image_store/.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.9 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-11-05

Last modified

2024-09-16

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected products

• Convirt (Convirture)

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496419
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/convirt
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770