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title: "CVE-2008-4943\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-4943

Publication date 5 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

bulmages-servers 0.11.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via
a symlink attack on the (a) /tmp/error.txt, (b) /tmp/errores.txt, and
possibly other temporary files, related to the (1) creabulmafact, (2)
creabulmacont, and possibly (3) actualizabulmacont, (4) installbulmages-db,
and (5) actualizabulmafact scripts.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4943?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| bulmages | 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 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 | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 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)

only present in example scripts

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4943)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4943)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4943)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4943)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4943>