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    CVE-2008-1078

    expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.

    Published:Feb 14, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Feb 29, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00031
    CVSS Score:7.2

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gentoo
    Product
    Linux
    Vendor
    Rpath
    Product
    Rpath Linux

    Exploits

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158

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    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29144
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29187
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29694
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33400
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29144
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29187
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29694
    http://secunia.com/advisories/33400
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html

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