CVE-2008-4477 Information

Description

alert.d/test.alert in mon 0.99.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the test.alert.log temporary file.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496398 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mon http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32183 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:214 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31597 http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1648 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45738