{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2008-4108", "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": "Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "4274", "refsource": "SREASON", "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274" }, { "name": "31184", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31184" }, { "name": "python-movefaqwiz-symlink(45161)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45161" }, { "name": "1020904", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020904" }, { "name": "ADV-2008-2659", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659" }, { "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE Request (python)", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20080915 CVE Request (python)", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2" }, { "name": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899" } ] } }