PT-2008-3428 · Aptlinex · Aptlinex

Nico Golde · Published 2008-04-21 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-1901

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions aptlinex versions prior to 0.91

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gambas-apt.lock temporary file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.91, update to version 0.91 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1901

Affected Products

Aptlinex

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1901 · Security Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476588 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41956 · Note