CVE-2008-4935

Description

asciiview in aview 1.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/aview#####.pgm temporary file.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496422
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/aview
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33139
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-14.xml
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30885