PT-2008-5388 · Plait · Plait

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-09-15 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4085

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 Plait before version 1.6

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in /tmp/, specifically (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$`.

Recommendations For Plait before version 1.6, update to version 1.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the temporary files in /tmp/ to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the affected temporary files until the issue is resolved.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4085

Affected Products

Plait

References · 12

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31617 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4085 · Vendor Advisory
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4085 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4085 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30928 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786 · Note
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note