CVE-2008-4982

N/A Unknown

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

Description

rkhunter in rkhunter 1.3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rkhunter-debug temporary file. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1270.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/496375

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235798

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46511

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.debian.org/496375