Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-4979
getipacctg in rancid 2.3.2~a8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/ipacct.#####.prefixes, (2) /tmp/ipacct.#####.sorted, (3) /tmp/ipacct.#####.pl, and (4) /tmp/ipacct.##### temporary files.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 6.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 6.9
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496426
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rancid-util
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32588
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30954
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://bugs.debian.org/496426
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rancid-util
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32588
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30954
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770