CVE-2008-4959 (GCVE-0-2008-4959)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-05 14:51 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
geo-code in gpsdrive-scripts 2.10~pre4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/geo.google, (2) /tmp/geo.yahoo, (3) /tmp/geo.coords, and (4) /tmp/geo#####.coords temporary files.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
10 references
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|---|---|
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://bugs.debian.org/496436 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30905 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gp… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31694 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33825 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
Date Public
2008-08-11 00:00
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