Description (CNA)
sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/496405
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44499
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30727
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31458
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/496405
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44499
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30727
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31458
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969