CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4440
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-10-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
The to-upgrade plugin in feta 1.4.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink on the (1) /tmp/feta.install.$USER and (2) /tmp/feta.avail.$USER temporary files.
Affected configurations
• debian feta
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496397 bugs.debian.org
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/feta dev.gentoo.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32155 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1643 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30899 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496397 bugs.debian.org
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/feta dev.gentoo.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32155 secunia.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1643 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30899 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 bugs.gentoo.org