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CVE-2008-4108

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4108

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Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.39% · Oct 25, 2026

Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.

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

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianpython-defaults112.7.18-3vulnerable

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