{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2008-5138", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "passwdehd in libpam-mount 0.43 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/passwdehd.##### temporary file." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "32780", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32780" }, { "name": "SUSE-SR:2009:005", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html" }, { "name": "libpammount-passwdehd-symlink(46724)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46724" }, { "name": "[debian-devel] 20080811 Re: Possible mass bug filing: The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html" } ] } }