National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4553
Original release date:10/15/2008
Last revised:08/20/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
qemu-make-debian-root in qemu 0.9.1-5 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files and directories.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235826
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
External Source: XF
Name: qemu-qemumakedebianroot-symlink(44831)
External Source: BID
Name: 30931
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20081014 Re: CVE id request: qemu
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20081013 CVE id request: qemu
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1657
External Source: MISC
Name: http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32335
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/qemu
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496394