{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2008-6397", "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" : "rlatex in AlcoveBook sgml2x 1.0.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files." } ] }, "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/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496368", "refsource" : "CONFIRM", "url" : "http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496368" }, { "name" : "30963", "refsource" : "BID", "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30963" }, { "name" : "sgml2x-rlatex-symlink(44879)", "refsource" : "XF", "url" : "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44879" } ] } }