CVE-2008-5034

master-filter in printfilters-ppd 2.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filter.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating 'this package does not have " possibility of attack with the help of symlinks"'

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.9 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-11-10

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected products

• Printfilters-ppd (A Mennucc1)

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496417
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/printfilters-ppd
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770