DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4968

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4968
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4968.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4968
Upstream
Published
2008-11-06T15:55:51Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:02:56Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The (1) rccs and (2) STUFF scripts in lmbench 3.0-a7 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/sdiff.##### temporary file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / lmbench

Package

Name
lmbench
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lmbench?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.0-a9-1

Affected versions

2.*
2.0-patch2-4
2.0-patch2-6
2.0-patch2-9
3.*
3.0-a5-1
3.0-a5-2
3.0-a5-3
3.0-a7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4968.json"

Debian:13 / lmbench

Package

Name
lmbench
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lmbench?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.0-a9-1

Affected versions

2.*
2.0-patch2-4
2.0-patch2-6
2.0-patch2-9
3.*
3.0-a5-1
3.0-a5-2
3.0-a5-3
3.0-a7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4968.json"

Debian:14 / lmbench

Package

Name
lmbench
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/lmbench?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.0-a9-1

Affected versions

2.*
2.0-patch2-4
2.0-patch2-6
2.0-patch2-9
3.*
3.0-a5-1
3.0-a5-2
3.0-a5-3
3.0-a7-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4968.json"