CVE-2008-4108

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-09-14
Bugzilla:
462326: CVE-2008-4108 python: Generic FAQ wizard moving tool insecure auxiliary /tmp file usage (symlink attack possible)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.

Find out more about CVE-2008-4108 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of python as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

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