CVE-2008-5034

Publication date 10 November 2008

Last updated 4 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Description

master-filter in printfilters-ppd 2.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filter.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating 'this package does not have " possibility of attack with the help of symlinks"'

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
printfilters-ppd 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 Ignored end of life

Notes


mdeslaur

not exploitable


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