PT-2008-6086 · Crossfire · Crossfire

Dmitry E. Oboukhov · Published 2008-11-04 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4908

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CrossFire crossfire-maps version 1.11.0

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file, specifically in the maps/Info/combine.pl file.

Recommendations For CrossFire crossfire-maps version 1.11.0, consider restricting access to the maps/Info/combine.pl file to prevent exploitation until a patch is available.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4908

Affected Products

Crossfire

References · 8

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32487 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4908 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4908 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4908 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4908 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30893 · Patch
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496358 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44841 · Note