Description
expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.
References
- FEDORA-2008-10755 vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
- 29144 third-party-advisory
- 29694 third-party-advisory
- 20080228 rPSA-2008-0088-1 am-utils mailing-list
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
- 29187 third-party-advisory
- 28044 vdb-entry
- GLSA-200804-09 vendor-advisory
- 33400 third-party-advisory