PT-2008-3758 · Uudeview+1 · Uudeview+1

Published 2008-05-16 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2008-2266

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: UUDeview version 0.5.20 nzbget versions prior to 0.3.0

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary filename generated by the tempnam function.

Recommendations: For UUDeview version 0.5.20, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For nzbget versions prior to 0.3.0, update to version 0.3.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the tempnam function to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2266

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10292-1

Affected Products

Uudeview

Nzbget

References · 14

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-2266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2266 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30171 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31420 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2266 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10292-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/14/10 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42407 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2266 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29211 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/30/1 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480972 · Note