CVE-2008-4996

Publication date 7 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

** DISPUTED ** init in initramfs-tools 0.92f allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/initramfs.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that “init is [used in] a single-user context; there’s no possibility that this is exploitable.”

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Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
initramfs-tools 9.10 karmic Ignored
9.04 jaunty Ignored
8.10 intrepid Ignored
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored

Notes

jdstrand

per upstream, occurs in init, which is a single-user context

mdeslaur

not exploitable, let’s ignore