DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4973

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Source

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4973

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4973.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4973

Upstream

CVE-2008-4973

Published

2008-11-06T15:55:51.997Z

Modified

2025-11-19T02:02:40.699875Z

Summary

[none]

Details

i2myspell in myspell 3.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/i2my#####.1 and (2) /tmp/i2my#####.2 temporary files.

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4973

Affected packages

Debian:11 / myspell

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:3.0+pre3.1-21

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4973.json"