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title: "CVE-2008-4108\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-4108

Publication date 18 September 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in
Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a
symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be
common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted
directory.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4108?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| python2.4 | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| python2.5 | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| python2.6 | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

example script only

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

shipped in /usr/share/doc/python2.[45]/examples in 8.04

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4108)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4108)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4108)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4108)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4108>