CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-3524
4.7 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-09-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.7 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
rc.sysinit in initscripts before 8.76.3-1 on Fedora 9 and other Linux platforms allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file or directory under (1) /var/lock or (2) /var/run.
Affected configurations
• redhat fedora 9
• redhat initscripts 8.76.3
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32037 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32710 secunia.com
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0318 wiki.rpath.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31385 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458504 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458652 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45402 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2857 issues.rpath.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01135.html www.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32037 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32710 secunia.com
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0318 wiki.rpath.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31385 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458504 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458652 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45402 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2857 issues.rpath.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01135.html www.redhat.com