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CVE-2008-5138

Publication date 18 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

passwdehd in libpam-mount 0.43 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/passwdehd.##### temporary file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libpam-mount 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
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 Ignored end of life