PT-2008-6498 · Cmus · Cmus

Dmitry E. Oboukhov · Published 2008-12-08 · Updated 2009-09-11 · CVE-2008-5375

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 cmus version 2.2.0

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/cmus-status temporary file. This is related to the cmus-status-display functionality in cmus.

Recommendations For cmus version 2.2.0, consider restricting access to the /tmp/cmus-status temporary file to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the cmus-status-display functionality in cmus version 2.2.0.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5375

Affected Products

Cmus

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5375 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5375 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-5375 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5375 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/32741 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33113 · Note
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html · Note
• http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt · Note