CVE-2008-4973

Description

i2myspell in myspell 3.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/i2my#####.1 and (2) /tmp/i2my#####.2 temporary files.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496392
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/myspell-tools
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30929
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770