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CVE-2008-4936

Date: (C)2008-11-05 (M)2023-12-22

faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.

CVSS Score and Metrics +CVSS Score and Metrics -

CVSS V2 Severity:
CVSS Score : 6.9
Exploit Score: 3.4
Impact Score: 10.0

CVSS V2 Metrics:
Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Reference:

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

http://bugs.debian.org/496403

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mgetty-fax

http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235806

mgetty-faxspool-symlink(44833)

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