{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2008-4476", "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": "sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "[debian-devel] 20080812 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/msg00312.html" }, { "name": "http://bugs.debian.org/496405", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/496405" }, { "name": "sympa-sympa-symlink(44499)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44499" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2" }, { "name": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770" }, { "name": "30727", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30727" }, { "name": "http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt" }, { "name": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa" }, { "name": "31458", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31458" }, { "name": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969" } ] } }