CVE-2008-3521 (GCVE-0-2008-3521)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-10-02 18:00
Modified
2024-08-07 09:45
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Race condition in the jas_stream_tmpfile function in libjasper/base/jas_stream.c in JasPer 1.900.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (program exit) by creating the appropriate tmp.XXXXXXXXXX temporary file, which causes Jasper to exit. NOTE: this was originally reported as a symlink issue, but this was incorrect. NOTE: some vendors dispute the severity of this issue, but it satisfies CVE's requirements for inclusion.
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