CVE-2008-4979
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4958)
- Published
- November 6, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4958 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- shrubbery / rancid
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496426
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rancid-util(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32588
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30954
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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