DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5367

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5367
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5367.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5367
Upstream
Published
2008-12-08T23:30:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:02:56Z
Summary
[none]
Details

ip-up in ppp-udeb 2.4.4rel on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/resolv.conf.tmp temporary file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / ppp

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.4.9-1+1.1
2.5.0-1+1
2.5.0-1+2
2.5.1-1+1~exp1
2.5.1-1+1
2.5.2-1+1~exp1
2.5.2-1+1
2.5.2-1+1.1
2.5.2-1+1.2
2.5.2-1+2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5367.json"

Debian:13 / ppp

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.5.2-1+1
2.5.2-1+1.1
2.5.2-1+1.2
2.5.2-1+2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5367.json"

Debian:14 / ppp

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.5.2-1+1
2.5.2-1+1.1
2.5.2-1+1.2
2.5.2-1+2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5367.json"