PT-2008-6500
CVE-2008-5377
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Published
2008-12-08
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Updated
2017-09-29
Description by
CVSS 2.0
6.9
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
CUPS version 1.3.8
Description
The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/pstopdf.log temporary file.
Recommendations
For CUPS version 1.3.8, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as no specific workaround is provided for this version.
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