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.

🔗 References (22)

• secalert@redhathttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/29144
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/29187
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/29694
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/33400
• secalert@redhathttp://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
• secalert@redhathttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
• secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
• secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
• secalert@redhathttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
• secalert@redhathttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29144
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29187
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29694