CVE-2008-4957

Publication date 5 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Description

find_flags in Kitware GCC-XML (gccxml) 0.9.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/*.cxx temporary file.

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
gccxml	9.10 karmic	Ignored
	9.04 jaunty	Ignored
	8.10 intrepid	Ignored
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored
	7.10 gutsy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

not really an issue