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os-prober in os-prober 1.17 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/mounted-map or (2) /tmp/raided-map temporary file

Published Nov 18, 2008

Description

os-prober in os-prober 1.17 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/mounted-map or (2) /tmp/raided-map temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating "the insecure code path should only ever run inside a d-i environment, which has no non-root users.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-59

References (2)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 18, 2008
Updated Sep 16, 2024
Reserved Nov 18, 2008
Link CVE-2008-5135
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Link CVE-2008-5135
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
Links CVE-2008-5135