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CVE-2008-4108

Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files vi

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Summary

Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.

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References 9

securityreason.com

securityfocus.com

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

securitytracker.com

vupen.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

marc.info

bugs.debian.org