CVE-2008-5298 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

chm2pdf 0.9 uses temporary files in directories with fixed names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (chm2pdf failure) of other users by creating those directories ahead of time.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00061.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Karakas-online Subscribe	Chm2pdf Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:karakas-online:chm2pdf:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5275	chm2pdf 0.9 uses temporary files in directories with fixed names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (chm2pdf failure) of other users by creating those directories ahead of time.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32257
http://secunia.com/advisories/43109
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45813
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47030

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-01T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:12.642Z

Reserved: 2008-12-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5298

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-12-01T15:30:03.860

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

Link: CVE-2008-5298

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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