CVE-2008-5135
Published: November 18, 2008Last modified: January 25, 2024
Description
os-prober in os-prober 1.17 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/mounted-map or (2) /tmp/raided-map temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating "the insecure code path should only ever run inside a d-i environment, which has no non-root users.
Notes
Disputed by upstream: "the insecure code path should only ever run inside a d-i environment, which has no non-root users."
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | os-prober | Vulnerable (1.81-r0) |
| Stream | os-prober | Vulnerable (1.79-r0) |