CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5135

6.2 MEDIUM Published 2008-11-18 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-11-18
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.2 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

os-prober in os-prober 1.17 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/mounted-map or (2) /tmp/raided-map temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating "the insecure code path should only ever run inside a d-i environment, which has no non-root users.

Affected configurations

• debian os-prober 1.17

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References