CVE-2008-6398 Information

Description

sng_regress in SNG 1.0.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/recompiled$$.png (2) /tmp/decompiled$$.sng and (3) /tmp/canonicalized$$.sng temporary files.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496407 http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00283.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30965 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44881