PT-2008-6283 · Unknown · Libpam-Mount

Dmitry E. Oboukhov · Published 2008-11-18 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-5138

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 libpam-mount version 0.43

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

Recommendations For libpam-mount version 0.43, consider restricting access to the temporary file /tmp/passwdehd to prevent a symlink attack until a patch is available.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5138

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11142-1

Affected Products

Libpam-Mount

References · 8

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5138 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5138 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5138 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32780 · Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46724 · Note