DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4982

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4982
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4982.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4982
Upstream
Published
2008-11-06T15:55:52.247Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:10:50.351637Z
Summary
[none]
Details

rkhunter in rkhunter 1.3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rkhunter-debug temporary file. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1270.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / rkhunter

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.2-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4982.json"

Debian:12 / rkhunter

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.2-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4982.json"

Debian:13 / rkhunter

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.2-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4982.json"

Debian:14 / rkhunter

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.2-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4982.json"