VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4987
xastir 1.9.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (a) /tmp/ldconfig.tmp, (b) /tmp/ldconf.tmp, and (c) /tmp/ld.so.conf temporary files, related to the (1) get-maptools.sh and (2) get_shapelib.sh scripts.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
xastir 1.9.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (a) /tmp/ldconfig.tmp, (b) /tmp/ldconf.tmp, and (c) /tmp/ld.so.conf temporary files, related to the (1) get-maptools.sh and (2) get_shapelib.sh scripts.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- xastir/xastir
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496383Exploit
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xastir
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31677
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31771
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31030
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460429
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44920
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00199.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00307.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/496383Exploit
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xastir
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31677
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31771
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31030
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460429
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44920
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00199.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00307.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.