CVE-2008-4982

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CVE-2008-4982

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CVE-2008-4982 at MITRE

Description

rkhunter in rkhunter 1.3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rkhunter-debug temporary file. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1270.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.9
Vector	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 445010 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
openSUSE Tumbleweed	rkhunter >= 1.4.6-5.6	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11301

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 18:32:17 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 3 18:13:36 2024