UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5146

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5146
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5146.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5146
Upstream
Published
2008-11-18T16:00:00Z
Modified
2026-01-20T16:53:55.705968Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

add-accession-numbers in ctn 3.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/accession temporary file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
ctn

Package

Name
ctn
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ctn@3.2.0~dfsg-3build1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*
3.2.0~dfsg-2
3.2.0~dfsg-3
3.2.0~dfsg-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ctn",
            "binary_version": "3.2.0~dfsg-3build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ctn-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.2.0~dfsg-3build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5146.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
ctn

Package

Name
ctn
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ctn@3.2.0~dfsg-5build1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*
3.2.0~dfsg-5
3.2.0~dfsg-5build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ctn",
            "binary_version": "3.2.0~dfsg-5build1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ctn-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.2.0~dfsg-5build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5146.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
ctn

Package

Name
ctn
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ctn@3.2.0~dfsg-6build3?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*
3.2.0~dfsg-6build3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ctn",
            "binary_version": "3.2.0~dfsg-6build3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ctn-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.2.0~dfsg-6build3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5146.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
ctn

Package

Name
ctn
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ctn@3.2.0~dfsg-7?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*
3.2.0~dfsg-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ctn",
            "binary_version": "3.2.0~dfsg-7"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ctn-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.2.0~dfsg-7"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5146.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
ctn

Package

Name
ctn
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ctn@3.2.0~dfsg-7.1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*
3.2.0~dfsg-7
3.2.0~dfsg-7build1
3.2.0~dfsg-7.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ctn",
            "binary_version": "3.2.0~dfsg-7.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ctn-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.2.0~dfsg-7.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5146.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
ctn

Package

Name
ctn
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ctn@3.2.0~dfsg-9?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*
3.2.0~dfsg-8build1
3.2.0~dfsg-9

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ctn",
            "binary_version": "3.2.0~dfsg-9"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ctn-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.2.0~dfsg-9"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5146.json"