PT-2008-6123 · Dist · Dist

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-11-05 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4949

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 dist version 3.5

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, specifically (a) /tmp/cil#####, (b) /tmp/pdo#####, and (c) /tmp/pdn#####, related to the patcil and patdiff scripts.

Recommendations For dist version 3.5, consider restricting access to the patcil and patdiff scripts as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Avoid using the temporary files /tmp/cil#####, /tmp/pdo#####, and /tmp/pdn##### in the affected scripts to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4949

Affected Products

Dist

References · 11

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dist · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4949 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4949 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4949 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4949 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30908 · Note
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44818 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496412 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note