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CVE-2008-3929

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-12-26	ampache -- insecure temporary file usage

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CVE-2008-3929 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-3929
Phase	Assigned(20080904)

Description

gather-messages.sh in Ampache 3.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filelist temporary file.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire
CONFIRM	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496369
CONFIRM	http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/ampache
CONFIRM	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
CONFIRM	http://freshmeat.net/projects/ampache/releases/283935
GENTOO	GLSA-200812-22
BID	30875
SECUNIA	31657
SECUNIA	33316
XF	ampache-gathermessages-symlink(44739)