CVE catalog

CVE-2008-4960

impose+: CVE-2008-4960

[CVE catalog]

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

impose in impose+ 0.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/*-tmp.ps and (2) /tmp/bboxx-* temporary files.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianimpose+sid0.2-16fixed
Debianimpose+forky0.2-16fixed
Debianimpose+trixie0.2-16fixed
Debianimpose+bookworm0.2-12.2fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianimpose+sourcesid0.2-11.1lowNot reported[496435]
Debianimpose+sourceforky0.2-11.1lowNot reported[496435]
Debianimpose+sourcetrixie0.2-11.1lowNot reported[496435]
Debianimpose+sourcebookworm0.2-11.1lowNot reported[496435]

[Debian bug #496435]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [impose+]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 0.2-12.2 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.2-11.1

      dsa · impose+ · debian · bookworm; dsa · impose+ · debian · 12

    • 0.2-12.2 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.2-11.1

      dsa · impose+ · debian · bookworm; dsa · impose+ · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [impose+]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 0.2-16 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.2-11.1

      dsa · impose+ · debian · 13

    • 0.2-16 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.2-11.1

      dsa · impose+ · debian · 13

Observed:

References

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