FKIE_CVE-2008-1901

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-04-22 04:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:52
Severity
Summary
aptlinex before 0.91 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gambas-apt.lock temporary file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476588
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41956
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476588
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41956
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian aptlinex 0.6-1
debian aptlinex 0.7-1
debian aptlinex 0.8-1
debian aptlinex 0.8-2
debian aptlinex 0.9-1
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