PT-2008-6109 · Aview+1 · Aview+1

Christian Hoffmann · Published 2008-11-05 · Updated 2025-02-28 · CVE-2008-4935

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions aview version 1.3.0

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/aview#####.pgm temporary file created by asciiview in aview.

Recommendations For aview version 1.3.0, consider restricting access to the temporary files created by asciiview to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using asciiview until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-3208

ALT-PU-2020-3221

ALT-PU-2025-3445

CVE-2008-4935

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Aview

References · 18

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/aview · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4935 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3208 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-14.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4935 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2025-3445 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4935 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3221 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4935 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4935 · Security Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496422 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/235808 · Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2008-4935 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33139 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44837 · Note