CVE-2008-5312
Published: 3 December 2008
mailscanner 4.55.10 and other versions before 4.74.16-1 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on certain temporary files used by the (1) f-prot-autoupdate, (2) clamav-autoupdate, (3) panda-autoupdate.new, (4) trend-autoupdate.new, and (5) rav-autoupdate.new scripts in /etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5140.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| kees | same as CVE-2008-5313? |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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mailscanner Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| gutsy |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
| hardy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| intrepid |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
| jaunty |
Not vulnerable
(4.74.16-1)
|
|
| karmic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| lucid |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| maverick |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| natty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| oneiric |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(4.74.16-1)
|