CVE-2008-5007

medium

Description

create_lazarus_export_tgz.sh in lazarus 0.9.24 allows local users to overwrite or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/lazarus.tgz temporary file or a (2) /tmp/lazarus temporary directory.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44824

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235828

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30917

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

http://code.google.com/p/bollin/source/browse/lazarus/trunk/debian/patches/07_sh_using_tmp.dpatch?spec=svn3462&r=3462

http://bugs.debian.org/496377

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N