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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-4987
xastir 1.9.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via...
Vulnerability Description
xastir 1.9.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (a) /tmp/ldconfig.tmp, (b) /tmp/ldconf.tmp, and (c) /tmp/ld.so.conf temporary files, related to the (1) get-maptools.sh and (2) get_shapelib.sh 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://secunia.com/advisories/31771
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44920
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00307.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://bugs.debian.org/496383
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31030
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00199.html
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460429
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31677
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xastir
Affected Vendor
xastir
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xastir
Vulnerable Versions:
1.9.2
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.