VDB
CVE-2008-4968
CVE-2008-4968
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
The (1) rccs and (2) STUFF scripts in lmbench 3.0-a7 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/sdiff.##### temporary file.
EPSS 0.41% · 34.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.41%
34.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| bitmover | lmbench | 3.0-a7 |
Timeline
- Nov 6, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 31, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 23, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 15, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jun 2, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire mailing-list
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 url
- lmbench-rccs-stuff-symlink(44828) vdb
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/lmbench url
- 32587 third-party-advisory
- 30913 vdb
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt url
- http://bugs.debian.org/496427 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4968 advisory