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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.

Published

2008-02-29T02:44:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	gentoo	linux	*	Yes
Operating System	rpath	rpath_linux	*	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158 Exploit ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29144 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29187 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29694 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/33400 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088 ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044 ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255 ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29144 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29187 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29694 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33400 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)