CVE-2008-1078
Published Feb 29, 2008
Last updated a year ago
Overview
- Description
- expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-59
Vendor comments
- Red HatThe risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk.We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red HatEnterprise Linux. For more information please see the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435420
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "647BA336-5538-4972-9271-383A0EC9378E"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:rpath:rpath_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "745FEF27-20CE-4508-8373-421092A8C8A8"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]