DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4476

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4476
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4476.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4476
Upstream
Published
2008-10-07T21:11:38.590Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:10:46.437253Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / sympa

Package

Name
sympa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sympa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.3.4-5.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4476.json"

Debian:12 / sympa

Package

Name
sympa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sympa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.3.4-5.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4476.json"

Debian:13 / sympa

Package

Name
sympa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sympa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.3.4-5.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4476.json"

Debian:14 / sympa

Package

Name
sympa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/sympa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.3.4-5.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4476.json"