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CVE-2006-4248 (GCVE-0-2006-4248)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-10-31 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:06
VLAI
Summary
thttpd on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows local users to create or touch arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the start_thttpd temporary file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20891 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/22712 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396277 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1205 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2006-10-30 00:00
Show details on NVD website

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