Bug 468053 (CVE-2008-4639) - CVE-2008-4639 jhead: insecure temporary file usage
Summary: CVE-2008-4639 jhead: insecure temporary file usage
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2008-4639
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-10-22 15:37 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:26 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-10-22 15:48:51 UTC
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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
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