VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-5374
bash-doc 3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/cb#####.? temporary file, related to the (1) aliasconv.sh, (2) aliasconv.bash, and (3) cshtobash scripts.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.34%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
bash-doc 3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/cb#####.? temporary file, related to the (1) aliasconv.sh, (2) aliasconv.bash, and (3) cshtobash scripts.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- matthias klose/bash-doc
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43365
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51086
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-05.xml
- http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:004
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0261.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1073.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32733
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0414
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43365
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51086
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-05.xml
- http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:004
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0261.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1073.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32733
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0414
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.