246068 – (CVE-2008-4993) app-emulation/xen<=3.3.0 symlink attack (CVE-2008-4993)

Bug 246068 (CVE-2008-4993) - app-emulation/xen<=3.3.0 symlink attack (CVE-2008-4993)

Summary: app-emulation/xen<=3.3.0 symlink attack (CVE-2008-4993)

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 235805

Alias:	CVE-2008-4993

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
Whiteboard:	B3 [upstream]
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Blocks:	debian-tempfile
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Reported:	2008-11-08 14:04 UTC by Stefan Behte (RETIRED)
Modified:	2008-11-08 14:49 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-11-08 14:04:57 UTC

CVE-2008-4993 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-4993):
  qemu-dm.debug in Xen 3.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary
  files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/args temporary file.

Comment 1 Stefan Behte (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-11-08 14:10:31 UTC

I accidently search for qemu, not xen (because of the script's name) and didn't see #235805 first. Sorry!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 235805 ***