DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4108

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4108

    Published: 18 Sept 2008Last Modified: 4 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-4108

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4108

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-defaults

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/python-defaults?arch=source&distro=bullseye

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.7.18-3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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