CVE-2008-1078

N/A Unknown
Published: February 29, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/29144
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29187
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29694
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33400
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/29144
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29187
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29694
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33400
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
40th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

rpath gentoo