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Published: 07/10/2008 Updated: 08/08/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.4

VMScore: 614

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.

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CWE-59 http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 http://bugs.debian.org/496405 http://secunia.com/advisories/31458 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30727 http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44499 https://nvd.nist.gov

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