CVE-2008-4979 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

getipacctg in rancid 2.3.2~a8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/ipacct.#####.prefixes, (2) /tmp/ipacct.#####.sorted, (3) /tmp/ipacct.#####.pl, and (4) /tmp/ipacct.##### temporary files.

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 0.00028.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Shrubbery	Rancid

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:shrubbery:rancid:2.3.2\~a8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4958	getipacctg in rancid 2.3.2~a8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/ipacct.#####.prefixes, (2) /tmp/ipacct.#####.sorted, (3) /tmp/ipacct.#####.pl, and (4) /tmp/ipacct.##### temporary files.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/496426
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rancid-util
http://secunia.com/advisories/32588
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30954
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-06T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:31:28.325Z

Reserved: 2008-11-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4979

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-11-06T15:55:52.150

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

Link: CVE-2008-4979

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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