FKIE_CVE-2008-4085

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-09-15 17:12 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:57
Severity
Summary
plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381
cve@mitre.orghttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/31617Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30928
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/31617Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30928
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
stephenjungels plait *
stephenjungels plait 0.50
stephenjungels plait 0.51
stephenjungels plait 0.52
stephenjungels plait 0.53
stephenjungels plait 0.54
stephenjungels plait 0.55
stephenjungels plait 0.55.1
stephenjungels plait 0.55.2
stephenjungels plait 0.99
stephenjungels plait 1.0
stephenjungels plait 1.1
stephenjungels plait 1.1.1
stephenjungels plait 1.2.1
stephenjungels plait 1.3
stephenjungels plait 1.4
stephenjungels plait 1.4.1
stephenjungels plait 1.4.2
stephenjungels plait 1.5
stephenjungels plait 1.5.1
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