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Medium
CVE-2008-4984
scratchbox2 1.99.0.24 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via...
Vulnerability Description
scratchbox2 1.99.0.24 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/dpkg.#####.tmp, (b) /tmp/missing_deps.#####, and (c) /tmp/sb2-pkg-chk.$tstamp.##### temporary files, related to the (1) dpkg-checkbuilddeps and (2) sb2-check-pkg-mappings scripts.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://bugs.debian.org/496409
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44907
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30969
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/scratchbox2
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
scratchbox2
Vulnerable Versions:
1.99.0.24
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 6th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.