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CVE-2008-4936

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-12-07	mgetty+sendfax -- symlink attack via insecure temporary files

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CVE-2008-4936 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-4936
Phase	Assigned(20081105)

Description

faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire
MISC	http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
CONFIRM	http://bugs.debian.org/496403
CONFIRM	http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mgetty-fax
CONFIRM	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
CONFIRM	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235806
GENTOO	GLSA-200812-08
BID	30927
SECUNIA	33051
XF	mgetty-faxspool-symlink(44833)