VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4476
sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.35%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- sympa/sympa
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496405
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31458Vendor Advisory
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30727
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44499
- http://bugs.debian.org/496405
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31458Vendor Advisory
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30727
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44499
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.