CVE-2008-4973

i2myspell in myspell 3.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/i2my#####.1 and (2) /tmp/i2my#####.2 temporary files.

🔗 References (14)

• cve@mitrehttp://bugs.debian.org/496392
• cve@mitrehttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/myspell-tools
• cve@mitrehttp://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
• cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30929
• cve@mitrehttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44830
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/496392
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/myspell-tools
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30929
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44830