PT-2008-6492 · Muttprint · Muttprint

Dmitry E. Oboukhov · Published 2008-12-08 · Updated 2009-03-26 · CVE-2008-5368

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 muttprint version 0.72d

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

Recommendations For muttprint version 0.72d, consider restricting access to the temporary file /tmp/muttprint.log to prevent a symlink attack until a patch is available.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5368

Affected Products

Muttprint

References · 7

• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-35.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5368 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5368 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5368 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5368 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00283.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34439 · Note