PT-2008-6287 · Freebsd · Freebsd-Sendpr

Published 2008-11-18 · Updated 2012-10-31 · CVE-2008-5142

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 FreeBSD-sendpr version 3.113+5.3

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

Recommendations For FreeBSD-sendpr version 3.113+5.3, consider restricting access to the /tmp directory to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5142

Affected Products

Freebsd-Sendpr

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5142 · Security Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32381 · Note