Vulnerability in Debian Feta
CVE-2008-4440
The to-upgrade plugin in feta 1.4.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink on the (1) /tmp/feta.install.$USER and (2) /tmp/feta.avail.$USER temporary files.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 25.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/32155 (third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 (mailing-list)
- dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/feta
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1643 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30899 (vdb-entry)