CVE-2008-4993

Description

qemu-dm.debug in Xen 3.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/args temporary file.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496367
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xen-utils-3.2-1
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:016
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0003.html
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770