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CVE-2008-4949

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.9 Published: 2008-11-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

dist 3.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/cil#####, (b) /tmp/pdo#####, and (c) /tmp/pdn##### temporary files, related to the (1) patcil and (2) patdiff scripts.

Affected Platforms

Manoj Srivastava Dist

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References