CVE-2008-4108

Publication date 18 September 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python2.4 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life
python2.5 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
9.10 karmic
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
python2.6 12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

example script only

jdstrand

shipped in /usr/share/doc/python2.[45]/examples in 8.04