CVE-2008-4984

Published Nov 6, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
scratchbox2 1.99.0.24 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/dpkg.#####.tmp, (b) /tmp/missing_deps.#####, and (c) /tmp/sb2-pkg-chk.$tstamp.##### temporary files, related to the (1) dpkg-checkbuilddeps and (2) sb2-check-pkg-mappings scripts.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4963 scratchbox2 1.99.0.24 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/dpkg.#####.tmp, (b) /tmp/missing_deps.#####, and (c) /tmp/sb2-pkg-chk.$tstamp.##### temporary files, related to the (1) dpkg-checkbuilddeps and (2) sb2-check-pkg-mappings scripts.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:31 AM
Reserved
Nov 6, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 6, 2008, 3:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:58 PM