CVE catalog

CVE-2008-4942

audiolink: CVE-2008-4942

[CVE catalog]

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

audiolink in audiolink 0.05 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/audiolink.db.tmp and (2) /tmp/audiolink.tb.tmp temporary files.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianaudiolinksid0.05-4fixed
Debianaudiolinkforky0.05-4fixed
Debianaudiolinktrixie0.05-4fixed
Debianaudiolinkbookworm0.05-4fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianaudiolinksourcesid0.05-1.1lowNot reported[496433]
Debianaudiolinksourceforky0.05-1.1lowNot reported[496433]
Debianaudiolinksourcetrixie0.05-1.1lowNot reported[496433]
Debianaudiolinksourcebookworm0.05-1.1lowNot reported[496433]

[Debian bug #496433]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [audiolink]Fixed
    Details (2)
    • 0.05-4 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.05-1.1

      dsa · audiolink · debian · bookworm; dsa · audiolink · debian · 12

    • 0.05-4 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.05-1.1

      dsa · audiolink · debian · bookworm; dsa · audiolink · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [audiolink]Fixed
    Details (2)
    • 0.05-4 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.05-1.1

      dsa · audiolink · debian · 13

    • 0.05-4 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.05-1.1

      dsa · audiolink · debian · 13

Observed:

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