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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-2008-4966
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PublicDate: 2008-11-06
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References:
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 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4966
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Description:
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 linux-patch-openswan 2.4.12 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files
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 via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/snap##### and (b) /tmp/nightly#####
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 temporary files, related to the (1) maysnap and (2) maytest scripts.
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Ubuntu-Description:
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Notes:
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  jdstrand> per Debian, the vulnerable scripts are unused from the source
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    package
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Bugs:
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Priority: negligible
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Discovered-by:
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Assigned-to:
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Patches_openswan:
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upstream_openswan: released (1:2.6.21+dfsg-2)
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dapper_openswan: ignored (reached end-of-life)
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gutsy_openswan: needed (reached end-of-life)
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hardy_openswan: ignored (reached end-of-life)
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intrepid_openswan: needed (reached end-of-life)
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jaunty_openswan: ignored (reached end-of-life)
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karmic_openswan: not-affected (1:2.6.22+dfsg-1.1ubuntu1)
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lucid_openswan: not-affected
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maverick_openswan: not-affected
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natty_openswan: not-affected
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oneiric_openswan: not-affected
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devel_openswan: not-affected