PT-2008-6490 · Paul Mackerras+1 · Ppp+1

Dmitry E. Oboukhov · Published 2008-12-08 · Updated 2009-01-23 · CVE-2008-5366

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 ppp version 2.4.4rel

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

Recommendations For ppp version 2.4.4rel, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, or as a temporary workaround, restrict access to the temporary files /tmp/probe-finished and /tmp/ppp-errors to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5366

Affected Products

Debian

Ppp

References · 9

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ppp · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5366 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5366 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5366 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5366 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5366 · Vendor Advisory
• https://packages.debian.org/src:ppp · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32740 · Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00283.html · Note