CVE-2008-4955

Description

freevo.real in freevo 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/*-#####.pid, (2) /tmp/freevo-gdb, (3) /tmp/freevo-gdb.sh, and (4) /tmp/*.stats temporary files. NOTE: this issue is only a vulnerability when a verbose debug mode is activated by modifying source code.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496373
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/freevo
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• http://bugs.debian.org/496373
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/freevo