CVE-2008-4936
Description
From CVE.org
faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.
Statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of mgetty as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5, as they include patch that resolves this issue.
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