CVE catalog

CVE-2008-4935

aview: CVE-2008-4935

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.40% · Oct 25, 2026

asciiview in aview 1.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/aview#####.pgm temporary file.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianaviewsid1.3.0rc1-11fixed
Debianaviewforky1.3.0rc1-11fixed
Debianaviewtrixie1.3.0rc1-11fixed
Debianaviewbookworm1.3.0rc1-9.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianaviewsourcesid1.3.0rc1-8.1lowNot reported[496422]
Debianaviewsourceforky1.3.0rc1-8.1lowNot reported[496422]
Debianaviewsourcetrixie1.3.0rc1-8.1lowNot reported[496422]
Debianaviewsourcebookworm1.3.0rc1-8.1lowNot reported[496422]

[Debian bug #496422]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [aview]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 1.3.0rc1-9.1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.3.0rc1-8.1

      dsa · aview · debian · bookworm; dsa · aview · debian · 12

    • 1.3.0rc1-9.1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.3.0rc1-8.1

      dsa · aview · debian · bookworm; dsa · aview · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [aview]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 1.3.0rc1-11 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.3.0rc1-8.1

      dsa · aview · debian · 13

    • 1.3.0rc1-11 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.3.0rc1-8.1

      dsa · aview · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]