CVE-2008-4936

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-4936
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-11-05T15:00:14
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-08T01:33:00
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:gert_doering:mgetty:1.1.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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://bugs.debian.org/496403
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235806
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mgetty-fax Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/33051
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-08.xml
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30927
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44833
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4936
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4936
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:05:27 Added to TrackCVE