PT-2008-6154 · Rkhunter · Rkhunter

Christian Hoffmann · Published 2008-11-06 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2008-4982

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 rkhunter version 1.3.2

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rkhunter-debug temporary file.

Recommendations For rkhunter version 1.3.2, consider restricting access to the /tmp/rkhunter-debug file to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4982

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11301-1

Affected Products

Rkhunter

References · 12

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rkhunter · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11301-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4982 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4982 · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4982 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46511 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496375 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235798 · Note