Skip to content

aptlinex before 0.91 allows local users to overwrite...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

No package listed— Suggest a package

Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

aptlinex before 0.91 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gambas-apt.lock temporary file.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 22, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2008-1901

GHSA ID

GHSA-x8v2-49fm-h484

Source code

No known source code

Dependabot alerts are not supported on this advisory because it does not have a package from a supported ecosystem with an affected and fixed version.

Learn more about GitHub language support

Loading Checking history
See something to contribute? Suggest improvements for this vulnerability.