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CVE-2008-5380

N/A
Published: December 8, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGpsdrive

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

gpsdrive (aka gpsdrive-scripts) 2.09 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an (a) /tmp/geo#####, a (b) /tmp/geocaching.loc, a (c) /tmp/geo#####.*, or a (d) /tmp/geo.* temporary file, related to the (1) geo-code and (2) geo-nearest scripts, different vectors than CVE-2008-4959.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (4)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/31694
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33825
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00187.html

CVSS

6.9MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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