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CVE-2008-5374 (GCVE-0-2008-5374)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-08 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:49
VLAI
Summary
bash-doc 3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/cb#####.? temporary file, related to the (1) aliasconv.sh, (2) aliasconv.bash, and (3) cshtobash scripts.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0414 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32733 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-10… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt x_refsource_MISC
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-02… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2008-08-13 00:00
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          }
        ],
        "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
        "vendorComments": [
          {
            "comment": "Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-5374\n\nThe Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/",
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        ],
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          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-59"
              }
            ],
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            "type": "Primary"
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        ]
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    },
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      "id": "CVE-2008-5374",
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      "product_status:fixed": "74",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "bash: Insecure temporary file use in aliasconv.sh, aliasconv.bash, cshtobash (symlink attack)",
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      "aggregate_severity": "low",
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      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
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      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2008-5374",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2008-5374.json",
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  }
}



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