CVE-2008-1078

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.

Link	Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158	Exploit
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
http://secunia.com/advisories/29144	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29187	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/29694	Vendor Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33400	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:rpath:rpath_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2008-02-29 02:44

Updated : 2023-02-13 02:18

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NVD link : CVE-2008-1078

Mitre link : CVE-2008-1078

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