CVE-2008-4984
N/A
Published: November 6, 2008 at 11:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSCRATCHBOX2
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
scratchbox2 1.99.0.24 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/dpkg.#####.tmp, (b) /tmp/missing_deps.#####, and (c) /tmp/sb2-pkg-chk.$tstamp.##### temporary files, related to the (1) dpkg-checkbuilddeps and (2) sb2-check-pkg-mappings scripts.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/scratchbox2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44907Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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