Vulnerability in Nzbget

CVE-2008-2266

uulib/uunconc.c in UUDeview 0.5.20, as used in nzbget before 0.3.0 and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary filename generated by the tempnam function. NOTE: this may be a CVE-2004-2265 regression.

EPSS: 0.003 (24.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Nzbget — versions 0.1.0a, 0.1.1, 0.1.2
Uudeview — versions 0.5.20
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)