CVE catalog

CVE-2008-1569

policyd-weight: CVE-2008-1569

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.43% · Oct 25, 2026

policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 and earlier allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files that are used when creating a socket.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianpolicyd-weighttrixie0.1.15.2-13fixed
Debianpolicyd-weightbookworm0.1.15.2-12.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianpolicyd-weightsourcetrixie0.1.14.17-1lowNot reportedNot reported
Debianpolicyd-weightsourcebookworm0.1.14.17-1lowNot reportedNot reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • Details (2)
    • 0.1.15.2-12.1 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.1.14.17-1

      dsa · policyd-weight · debian · bookworm; dsa · policyd-weight · debian · 12

    • 0.1.15.2-12.1 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.1.14.17-1

      dsa · policyd-weight · debian · bookworm; dsa · policyd-weight · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • Details (2)
    • 0.1.15.2-13 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.1.14.17-1

      dsa · policyd-weight · debian · 13

    • 0.1.15.2-13 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.1.14.17-1

      dsa · policyd-weight · debian · 13

Observed:

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