DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6398

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-6398
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6398.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6398
Upstream
Published
2009-03-04T17:30:02.500Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:10:57.030678Z
Summary
[none]
Details

sng_regress in SNG 1.0.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/recompiled$$.png, (2) /tmp/decompiled$$.sng, and (3) /tmp/canonicalized$$.sng temporary files.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / sng

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.2-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6398.json"

Debian:12 / sng

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.2-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6398.json"

Debian:13 / sng

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.2-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6398.json"

Debian:14 / sng

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.2-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6398.json"