CVE-2008-4997

dfxml-invoice in datafreedom-perl 0.1.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/zenity temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that the vector is solely "an EXAMPLE used in the manpage.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.9 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-11-07

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected products

• Datafreedom-perl (Pilot-qof)

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496429
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/datafreedom-perl
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770