Candidate: CVE-2008-4971 PublicDate: 2008-11-06 15:55:00 UTC References: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4971 Description: mafft-homologs in mafft 6.240 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/_vf#?????, (2) /tmp/_if#?????, (3) /tmp/_pf#?????, (4) /tmp/_af#?????, (5) /tmp/_rid#?????, (6) /tmp/_res#?????, (7) /tmp/_q#?????, and (8) /tmp/_bf#????? temporary files. Ubuntu-Description: Notes: Bugs: Priority: low Discovered-by: Assigned-to: CVSS: Patches_mafft: upstream_mafft: released (6.240-2) dapper_mafft: DNE gutsy_mafft: DNE hardy_mafft: ignored (reached end-of-life) intrepid_mafft: not-affected (6.240-2) jaunty_mafft: not-affected (6.240-2) karmic_mafft: not-affected (6.240-2) lucid_mafft: not-affected (6.240-2) maverick_mafft: not-affected (6.240-2) natty_mafft: not-affected (6.240-2) oneiric_mafft: not-affected (6.240-2) devel_mafft: not-affected (6.240-2)