CVE-2008-4476
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4476
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-4476.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-4476
- Downstream
- Published
- 2008-10-07T21:11:38Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:40:10.487886Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/31458
- http://bugs.debian.org/496405
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30727
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44499