CVE-2008-4476 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00023.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sympa	Sympa

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:5.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4457	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/496405
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31458
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30727
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44499

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-10-07T21:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:17:09.672Z

Reserved: 2008-10-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4476

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-10-07T21:11:38.590

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

Link: CVE-2008-4476

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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