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title: "CVE-2008-5147\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-5147

Publication date 18 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

test-pipe-to-pyodconverter.org.sh in docvert 2.4 allows local users to
overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/outer.odt
temporary file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5147?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| docvert | 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not in release |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

per Debian, unsafe code is in test script with multiple hardcoded
files

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5147)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5147)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5147)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5147)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5147>