The (1) rccs and (2) STUFF scripts in lmbench 3.0-a7 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/sdiff.##### temporary file.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4968
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44828
• http://bugs.debian.org/496427
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/lmbench
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32587
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30913