PT-2008-6133 · Gpsdrive · Gpsdrive-Scripts

Published 2008-11-05 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4959

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 gpsdrive-scripts version 2.10~pre4

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, including /tmp/geo.google, /tmp/geo.yahoo, /tmp/geo.coords, and /tmp/geo#####.coords.

Recommendations For gpsdrive-scripts version 2.10~pre4, consider restricting access to the temporary files to prevent a symlink attack until a patch is available. Avoid using the geo-code functionality in gpsdrive-scripts until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4959

Affected Products

Gpsdrive-Scripts

References · 11

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gpsdrive-scripts · Exploit
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00187.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4959 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30905 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496436 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44759 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31694 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33825 · Note