CVE-2008-4973 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

i2myspell in myspell 3.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/i2my#####.1 and (2) /tmp/i2my#####.2 temporary files.

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
Debian	Myspell

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:debian:myspell:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/496392
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/myspell-tools
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30929
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44830

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:31:28.331Z

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

Link: CVE-2008-4973

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-11-06T15:55:51.997

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

Link: CVE-2008-4973

Redhat

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