DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4986

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4986
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4986.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4986
Upstream
Published
2008-11-06T15:55:52.353Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:10:50.096192Z
Summary
[none]
Details

wims 3.62 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/env#####, (b) /tmp/sed#####, and (c) /tmp/referer-home.log temporary files, related to the (1) coqweb and (2) account.sh scripts.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / wims

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.62-13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4986.json"

Debian:13 / wims

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.62-13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4986.json"

Debian:14 / wims

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.62-13.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4986.json"