CVE-2008-5373 — Link Following in Bacula

CWE-59 — Link Following7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.9MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.6
EPSS
0.1%
top 68.26%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
BaculaDebian Bacula
Timeline
PublishedDec 8
Latest updateMay 14

Description

mtx-changer.Adic-Scalar-24 in bacula-common 2.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/mtx.##### temporary file, probably a related issue to CVE-2005-2995.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.4 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/bacula< bacula 2.4.0-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianbacula/bacula< 2.4.0-1+3
▶NVDbacula/bacula2.4.2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xgpj-r9f2-8ghw: mtx-changer↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2008-5373: mtx-changer↗2008-12-08
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
bacula-common: Insecure temporary file use in autochangers (symlink attack)↗2008-08-11
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Debian
CVE-2008-5373: bacula - mtx-changer.Adic-Scalar-24 in bacula-common 2.4.2 allows local users to overwrit...↗2008
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-5373 bacula-common: Insecure temporary file use in autochangers (symlink attack) [fedora-all]↗2010-12-24
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Bugzilla
CVE-2008-5373 bacula-common: Insecure temporary file use in autochangers (symlink attack)↗2008-12-09
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