CVE-2008-4476

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4476
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-07 21:11:38 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionsympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sympa Sympa 5.3.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Re: Possible mass bug filing: The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
Sympa 'sympa.pl' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
#496405 - The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 uvw.ru
Sympa "sympa.pl" Insecure Temporary Files - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
235770 – (debian-tempfile) [Tracker] Tempfile issues found in Debian af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
#494969 - sympa: Leftover debug code may lead to data loss - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev.gentoo.org
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