CVE-2008-4949
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4949
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-4949.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-4949
- Downstream
- Published
- 2008-11-05T15:00:15Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:40:18.266324Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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dist 3.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/cil#####, (b) /tmp/pdo#####, and (c) /tmp/pdn##### temporary files, related to the (1) patcil and (2) patdiff scripts.
- References
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- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dist
- http://bugs.debian.org/496412
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30908
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44818