Vulnerability CVE-2008-4476
Published: 2008-10-07   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.9/10
10/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Sympa -> Sympa 

 References:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44499
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30727
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/31458
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969
http://bugs.debian.org/496405
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