DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5373

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5373
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5373.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5373
Upstream
Published
2008-12-08T23:30:00.393Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:08:53.035749Z
Summary
[none]
Details

mtx-changer.Adic-Scalar-24 in bacula-common 2.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/mtx.##### temporary file, probably a related issue to CVE-2005-2995.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / bacula

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5373.json"

Debian:12 / bacula

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5373.json"

Debian:13 / bacula

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5373.json"

Debian:14 / bacula

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5373.json"