CVE-2008-4968

N/A Unknown

Published: November 06, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/496427

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/lmbench

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://secunia.com/advisories/32587

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30913

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44828

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.debian.org/496427