CVE-2008-4947

Description

dhis-dummy-log-engine in dhis-server 5.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/dhis-dummy-log-engine.log temporary file.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496388
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dhis-server
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30900
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770