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CVE-2008-5034

by Fred · 10/11/2008

** DISPUTED **

master-filter in printfilters-ppd 2.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filter.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating ‘this package does not have " possibility of attack with the help of symlinks"’.

Date published : 2008-11-10

http://bugs.debian.org/496417

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/printfilters-ppd

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