Vulnerability CVE-2008-5703
Published: 2008-12-22   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
gpsdrive (aka gpsdrive-scripts) 2.10~pre4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (a) /tmp/.smswatch or (b) /tmp/gpsdrivepos temporary file, related to (1) examples/gpssmswatch and (2) src/splash.c, different vectors than CVE-2008-4959 and CVE-2008-5380.

Type:

CWE-59

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.2/10
10/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Gpsdrive -> Gpsdrive 

 References:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00187.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32887
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2121124&group_id=148048&atid=770280
http://secunia.com/advisories/33825
http://secunia.com/advisories/31694
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/15
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508597
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