CVE-2008-5374
bash-doc 3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/cb#####.? temporary file, related to the (1) aliasconv.sh, (2) aliasconv.bash, and (3) cshtobash scripts.
02 Description
bash-doc 3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/cb#####.? temporary file, related to the (1) aliasconv.sh, (2) aliasconv.bash, and (3) cshtobash scripts.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-08 23:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- dd0b41b93c4fd1391ebe2dec46a26d76e59437269b632748cc65fd7d5b2b4416
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com43365http://secunia.com/advisories/43365
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0414http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0414
- secunia.com51086http://secunia.com/advisories/51086
- www.securityfocus.com32733http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32733
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:004http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:004
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1073http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1073.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-devel] 20080813 Re: Possible mass bug filing: The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packageshttp://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201210-05http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-05.xml
- uvw.ruhttp://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0261http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0261.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- bash Fixed in 4.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- bash Fixed in 4.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- bash Fixed in 4.0-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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