PT-2008-6280 · Os-Prober+1 · Os-Prober+1

Dmitry E. Oboukhov · Published 2008-11-18 · Updated 2024-08-07 · CVE-2008-5135

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions os-prober version 1.17

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/mounted-map or /tmp/raided-map temporary file. The vendor disputes this issue, stating that the insecure code path should only ever run inside a d-i environment, which has no non-root users.

Recommendations For os-prober version 1.17, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the /tmp/mounted-map and /tmp/raided-map temporary files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5135

Affected Products

Debian

Os-Prober

References · 12

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5135 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5135 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BELL-CVE-2008-5135 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/os-prober · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5135 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5135 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5135 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89609 · Telegram Post
• https://docs.bell-sw.com/security/cves/CVE-2008-5135 · Note
• https://packages.debian.org/src:os-prober · Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html · Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00296.html · Note