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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5374

Original release date:12/08/2008

Last revised:04/19/2013

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:6.9 (MEDIUM) (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/10/2008)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-5374 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0414

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0414

External Source: BID

Name: 32733

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32733

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:1073

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1073.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:0261

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0261.html