CVE-2008-4974

Description

rrdedit in netmrg 0.20 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/*.xml and (2) /tmp/*.backup temporary files.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496384
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/netmrg
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32490
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30930