UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5150

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5150
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5150.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5150
Upstream
Published
2008-11-18T16:00:00Z
Modified
2026-01-20T16:53:59.152741Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - negligible
Summary
[none]
Details

sample.sh in maildirsync 1.1 allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/maildirsync-*.#####.log temporary file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
maildirsync

Package

Name
maildirsync
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/maildirsync@1.2-2.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.2-2
1.2-2.1
1.2-2.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2-2.2",
            "binary_name": "maildirsync"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5150.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
maildirsync

Package

Name
maildirsync
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/maildirsync@1.2-2.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.2-2.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2-2.2",
            "binary_name": "maildirsync"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5150.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
maildirsync

Package

Name
maildirsync
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/maildirsync@1.2-2.2?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.2-2.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2-2.2",
            "binary_name": "maildirsync"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5150.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
maildirsync

Package

Name
maildirsync
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/maildirsync@1.2-4?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.2-3
1.2-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2-4",
            "binary_name": "maildirsync"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5150.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
maildirsync

Package

Name
maildirsync
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/maildirsync@1.2-4?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.2-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2-4",
            "binary_name": "maildirsync"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5150.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
maildirsync

Package

Name
maildirsync
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/maildirsync@1.2-4?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1.*
1.2-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2-4",
            "binary_name": "maildirsync"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2008/UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5150.json"