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title: "CVE-2008-4946\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-4946

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

convirt 0.8.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink
attack on the /tmp/set\_output temporary file, related to the (1)
\_template\_/provision.sh, (2) Linux\_CD\_Install/provision.sh, (3)
Fedora\_PV\_Install/provision.sh, (4) CentOS\_PV\_Install/provision.sh, (5)
common/provision.sh, (6) example/provision.sh, and (7)
Windows\_CD\_Install/provision.sh scripts in image\_store/.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| convirt | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4946)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4946)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4946)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4946)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4946>