Bug 468053 (CVE-2008-4639)

Summary: CVE-2008-4639 jhead: insecure temporary file usage
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: adrian
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URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-4639
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Description Tomas Hoger 2008-10-22 15:37:55 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-4639 to the following vulnerability:

jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead before 2.84 allows local users to
overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

References:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/3
Comment 1 Red Hat Product Security 2008-10-22 15:48:51 UTC 
This issue was addressed in:

Fedora:
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-8941
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-8928