CVE-2008-4968

Description

The (1) rccs and (2) STUFF scripts in lmbench 3.0-a7 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/sdiff.##### temporary file.

Affected products

• bitmover / lmbench3.0-a7 – 3.0-a7

References

• MAILING_LISThttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30913
• MISChttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44828
• MISChttp://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
• MISChttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/lmbench
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://bugs.debian.org/496427
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32587