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title: "CVE-2008-5153\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-5153

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

spell-check-logic.cgi in Moodle 1.8.2 allows local users to overwrite
arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/spell-check-debug.log,
(2) /tmp/spell-check-before, or (3) /tmp/spell-check-after temporary file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5153?format=md#notes)

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| moodle | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.8.2-1.2ubuntu2.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.8.2-1ubuntu4.2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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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, must manually edit the file to execute affected code

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5153)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5153)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5153)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5153)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-791-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-791-1)
+ Moodle vulnerabilities
+ 24 June 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5153>