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DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4971

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4971 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM

mafft-homologs in mafft 6.240 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/_vf#?????, (2) /tmp/_if#?????, (3) /tmp/_pf#?????, (4) /tmp/_af#?????, (5) /tmp/_rid#?????, (6) /tmp/_res#?????, (7) /tmp/_q#?????, and (8) /tmp/_bf#????? temporary files.

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
6.900000095367432
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12mafft0, 0, 0
Debian:11mafft0, 0, 0
Debian:13mafft0, 0, 0
Debian:14mafft0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Nov 6, 2008 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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