DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6398

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6398

    Published: 4 Mar 2009Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-6398

    Summary:

    Details: sng_regress in SNG 1.0.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/recompiled$$.png, (2) /tmp/decompiled$$.sng, and (3) /tmp/canonicalized$$.sng temporary files.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-6398

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sng

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/sng?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.2-6

    Affected versions

    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