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** DISPUTED ** master-filter in printfilters-ppd 2.13...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

** DISPUTED ** master-filter in printfilters-ppd 2.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filter.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating 'this package does not have " possibility of attack with the help of symlinks"'.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 10, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2008-5034

GHSA ID

GHSA-v6pj-9m3q-j6m8

Source code

No known source code

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