Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 6, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-4979
CVE-2008-4979
Description
getipacctg in rancid 2.3.2~a8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/ipacct.#####.prefixes, (2) /tmp/ipacct.#####.sorted, (3) /tmp/ipacct.#####.pl, and (4) /tmp/ipacct.##### temporary files.
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