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title: "CVE-2008-5313\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-5313

Publication date 3 December 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

mailscanner 4.68.8 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) avast-autoupdate, and (4) f-prot-6-autoupdate scripts in
/etc/MailScanner/autoupdate/; the (5) bitdefender-wrapper, (6)
kaspersky-wrapper, (7) clamav-wrapper, and (8) rav-wrapper scripts in
/etc/MailScanner/wrapper/; the (9) Quarantine.pm, (10) TNEF.pm, (11)
MessageBatch.pm, (12) WorkArea.pm, and (13) SA.pm scripts in
/usr/share/MailScanner/MailScanner/; (14) /usr/sbin/MailScanner; and (15)
scripts that load the /etc/MailScanner/mailscanner.conf.with.mcp
configuration file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5313?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mailscanner | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 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 needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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

same as CVE-2008-5312?

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5313)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5313)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5313)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5313)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5313>