CVE-2008-4636 (GCVE-0-2008-4636)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-11-27 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:24
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
Low (confidence: 0.8323)
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
yast2-backup 2.14.2 through 2.16.6 on SUSE Linux and Novell Linux allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the backup process.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00003.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/50284Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32832Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32464Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46879Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00003.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/50284Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32832Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32464Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46879Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
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