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CVE-2008-4979

getipacctg in rancid 2.3.2~a8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/ipacct.#…

rancid Debian

Nov 6, 2008

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getipacctg in rancid 2.3.2~a8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/ipacct.#…