CVE-2005-4802

Publication date 31 December 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

Flexbackup 1.2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files and execute code via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the raw source referenced an incorrect candidate number; this is the correct number to use.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
flexbackup 9.10 karmic
Fixed 1.2.1-5ubuntu3
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1.2.1-5ubuntu3
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.2.1-5ubuntu3
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.2.1-5ubuntu3
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 1.2.1-5ubuntu3
7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.2.1-5ubuntu3
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

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