CVE-2008-1078

High

Description

expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.2

Exploit probability—

Product

Gentoo Linux

PublishedFeb 29, 2008

First seenFeb 29, 2008

How to fix

Vendor advisories

redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
gentoo linux	No range specified	—
rpath rpath_linux	No range specified	—

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