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  • Committer: Steve Beattie
  • Date: 2019-02-19 06:18:27 UTC
  • Revision ID: sbeattie@ubuntu.com-20190219061827-oh57fzcfc1u9dlfk
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Candidate: CVE-2008-4955
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PublicDate: 2008-11-05
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References:
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 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4955
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Description:
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 freevo.real in freevo 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files
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 via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/*-#####.pid, (2) /tmp/freevo-gdb, (3)
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 /tmp/freevo-gdb.sh, and (4) /tmp/*.stats temporary files.  NOTE: this issue
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 is only a vulnerability when a verbose debug mode is activated by modifying
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 source code.
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Ubuntu-Description:
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Notes:
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 mdeslaur> can't be exploited, ignore
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Bugs:
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Priority: low
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Discovered-by:
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Assigned-to:
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Patches_freevo:
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upstream_freevo: ignored
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dapper_freevo: DNE
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gutsy_freevo: DNE
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hardy_freevo: DNE
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intrepid_freevo: ignored
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jaunty_freevo: ignored
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karmic_freevo: ignored
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devel_freevo: ignored