PT-2008-6119 · Unknown · Cdrw-Taper

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-11-05 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4945

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 cdrw-taper version 0.4

Description The issue might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack involving a /tmp/amlabel-cdrw temporary directory.

Recommendations For cdrw-taper version 0.4, consider restricting access to the temporary directory to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4945

Affected Products

Cdrw-Taper

References · 8

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/cdrw-taper · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4945 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496380 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30890 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44842 · Note