CVE-2008-4085

Publication date 15 September 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
plait 8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release