VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4936
faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- gert doering/mgetty
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496403
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mgetty-faxExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33051
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-08.xml
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30927
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235806
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44833
- http://bugs.debian.org/496403
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mgetty-faxExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33051
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-08.xml
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30927
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235806
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44833
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.