CVE-2008-4476

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None

Description

sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-4476

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-10-07T21:11:38

Last Modified Date
2017-08-08T01:32:40

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:5.3.4:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE

Integrity Impact
COMPLETE

Availability Impact
COMPLETE

Base Score
6.9

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.4

Impact Score
10

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://bugs.debian.org/496405
http://secunia.com/advisories/31458	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30727
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44499

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4476
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4476

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:05:49				Added to TrackCVE