CVE-2008-5141 Information

Description

flamethrower in flamethrower 0.1.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/multicast.tar. temporary file.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506350 http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32891 http://secunia.com/advisories/32961 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1676 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32386 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46717