Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 29, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-1078
CVE-2008-1078
Description
expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.
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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
11- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/29144nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29187nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29694nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/33400nvdVendor Advisory
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.htmlnvd
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