CVE-2008-5140

Publication date 18 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

trend-autoupdate.new in mailscanner 4.55.10 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/opr.ini.##### or (2) /tmp/lpt*.zip temporary file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
mailscanner 11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needed
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

Per Debian, script should only used when the private Trend Micro antivirus is installed