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CVE-2008-0525

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2008-01-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.

Affected Platforms

Novell Zenworks Patch Management Update AgentUnix UnixLumension Security Patchlink Update

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References