CVE catalog

CVE-2009-4193

merkaartor: CVE-2009-4193

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.32% · Oct 25, 2026

Merkaartor 0.14 allows local users to append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/merkaartor.log temporary file.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianmerkaartorsid0.20.0+ds-3fixed
Debianmerkaartorforky0.20.0+ds-3fixed
Debianmerkaartortrixie0.20.0+ds-1fixed
Debianmerkaartorbookworm0.19.0+ds-3fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianmerkaartorsourcesid0.14+svnfixes~20090912-2lowNot reported[548546]
Debianmerkaartorsourceforky0.14+svnfixes~20090912-2lowNot reported[548546]
Debianmerkaartorsourcetrixie0.14+svnfixes~20090912-2lowNot reported[548546]
Debianmerkaartorsourcebookworm0.14+svnfixes~20090912-2lowNot reported[548546]

[Debian bug #548546]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [merkaartor]Fixed

    Source package: [merkaartor]

    Details (2)

    • 0.19.0+ds-3+b1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.14+svnfixes~20090912-2

      dsa · merkaartor · debian · bookworm; dsa · merkaartor · debian · 12

    • 0.19.0+ds-3+b1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.14+svnfixes~20090912-2

      dsa · merkaartor · debian · bookworm; dsa · merkaartor · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [merkaartor]Fixed

    Source package: [merkaartor]

    Details (2)

    • 0.20.0+ds-1+b1 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.14+svnfixes~20090912-2

      dsa · merkaartor · debian · 13

    • 0.20.0+ds-1+b1 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.14+svnfixes~20090912-2

      dsa · merkaartor · debian · 13

Observed:

References

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