CVE-2008-4996

Published: 07 November 2008

** DISPUTED ** init in initramfs-tools 0.92f allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/initramfs.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that "init is [used in] a single-user context; there's no possibility that this is exploitable."

Status

Notes

per upstream, occurs in init, which is a single-user context

not exploitable, let's ignore

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4996
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian