CVE-2008-4553 Information

Description

qemu-make-debian-root in qemu 0.9.1-5 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files and directories.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496394 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/qemu http://secunia.com/advisories/32335 http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1657 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/14/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30931 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235826 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44831