Description
sympa.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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html ↗
- http://bugs.debian.org/496405 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44499 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 ↗
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30727 ↗
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt ↗
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31458 ↗
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969 ↗