CVE-2008-4945

Impact

amlabel-cdrw in cdrw-taper 0.4 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack involving a /tmp/amlabel-cdrw.##### temporary directory.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://bugs.debian.org/496380
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/cdrw-taper
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30890
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44842
• http://bugs.debian.org/496380
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/cdrw-taper
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30890
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44842