Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-1078
expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 7.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29144
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29694
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33400
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29144
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29694
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33400
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html
Products affected by CVE-2008-1078
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:-
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.2
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.1.30
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.2.28
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.3.30
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cpe:2.3:o:rpath:rpath_linux:1