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CVE-2008-1078

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2008-02-29 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.

Affected Platforms

Rpath Rpath LinuxGentoo Linux

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References