Link Following Affecting jailer package, versions <0.4-10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-JAILER-271817
  • published18 Nov 2008
  • disclosed18 Nov 2008

Introduced: 18 Nov 2008

CVE-2008-5139  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 jailer to version 0.4-10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jailer package and not the jailer package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

updatejail in jailer 0.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/#####.updatejail temporary file.

CVSS Scores

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