CVE-2008-4994 Information

Description

The (1) ncsarmt and (2) ncsawrap scripts in xmcd 2.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/Mosaic.*pid temporary file.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/496416 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xmcd http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32288 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46550