CVE-2008-4968 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The (1) rccs and (2) STUFF scripts in lmbench 3.0-a7 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/sdiff.##### temporary file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Bitmover	Lmbench

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bitmover:lmbench:3.0-a7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/496427
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/lmbench
http://secunia.com/advisories/32587
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30913
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44828

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-06T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:31:28.333Z

Reserved: 2008-11-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4968

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-11-06T15:55:51.840

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-4968

Redhat

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