CVE-2006-4248

Publication date 31 October 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Description

thttpd on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows local users to create or touch arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the start_thttpd temporary file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
thttpd 9.10 karmic
Fixed 2.23beta1-6
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 2.23beta1-6
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 2.23beta1-6
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 2.23beta1-6
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 2.23beta1-6
7.04 feisty
Fixed 2.23beta1-6
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

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