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i2myspell in myspell 3.1 allows local users to overwrite...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

i2myspell in myspell 3.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/i2my#####.1 and (2) /tmp/i2my#####.2 temporary files.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 6, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2008-4973

GHSA ID

GHSA-pq45-cg3m-2p42

Source code

No known source code

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