CVE catalog

CVE-2008-5152

mh-book: CVE-2008-5152

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Low
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.36% · Oct 25, 2026

inmail-show in mh-book 200605 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/inmail#####.log or (2) /tmp/inmail#####.stdin temporary file.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianmh-booksid200605-3vulnerable
Debianmh-bookforky200605-3vulnerable
Debianmh-booktrixie200605-2.3vulnerable
Debianmh-bookbookworm200605-2.2vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianmh-booksourcesid(unfixed)unimportantNot reportedNot reported
Debianmh-booksourceforky(unfixed)unimportantNot reportedNot reported
Debianmh-booksourcetrixie(unfixed)unimportantNot reportedNot reported
Debianmh-booksourcebookworm(unfixed)unimportantNot reportedNot reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [mh-book]Affected
    Details (2)
    • 200605-2.2 · all · bookworm

      Affected

      dsa · mh-book · debian · bookworm; dsa · mh-book · debian · 12

    • 200605-2.2 · all · bookworm

      Affected

      dsa · mh-book · debian · bookworm; dsa · mh-book · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [mh-book]Affected
    Details (2)
    • 200605-2.3 · all · trixie

      Affected

      dsa · mh-book · debian · 13

    • 200605-2.3 · all · trixie

      Affected

      dsa · mh-book · debian · 13

Observed:

References