CVE-2008-5374

medium

Description

bash-doc 3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/cb#####.? temporary file, related to the (1) aliasconv.sh, (2) aliasconv.bash, and (3) cshtobash scripts.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0414

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32733

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1073.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0261.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:004

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-05.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/51086

http://secunia.com/advisories/43365

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-12-08

Updated: 2025-04-09

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