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CVE-2008-4108

Published: 18 September 2008

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
example script only
jdstrand
shipped in /usr/share/doc/python2.[45]/examples in 8.04

Priority

Negligible

Status

Package Release Status
python2.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
hardy Ignored

karmic Not vulnerable

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

upstream
Released
python2.5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Ignored

karmic Not vulnerable

lucid Does not exist

maverick Does not exist

natty Does not exist

oneiric Does not exist

precise Does not exist

upstream
Released
python2.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Does not exist

karmic Not vulnerable

lucid Not vulnerable

maverick Not vulnerable

natty Not vulnerable

oneiric Not vulnerable

precise Does not exist

upstream
Released