CVE-2008-4945

N/A Unknown

Published: November 05, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

amlabel-cdrw in cdrw-taper 0.4 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack involving a /tmp/amlabel-cdrw.##### temporary directory.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/496380

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/cdrw-taper

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30890

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44842

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.debian.org/496380