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CVE-2008-5034

N/A

Description

master-filter in printfilters-ppd 2.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filter.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating 'this package does not have " possibility of attack with the help of symlinks"'

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published11/10/2008

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

a_mennucc1:printfilters-ppd

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

References

http://bugs.debian.org/496417(cve@mitre.org)

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/printfilters-ppd(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770(cve@mitre.org)

http://bugs.debian.org/496417(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/printfilters-ppd(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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