Link Following The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package printfilters-ppd  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PRINTFILTERSPPD-262221
  • published10 Nov 2008
  • disclosed10 Nov 2008

Introduced: 10 Nov 2008

CVE-2008-5034  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream printfilters-ppd package and not the printfilters-ppd package as distributed by Debian.

master-filter in printfilters-ppd 2.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filter.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating 'this package does not have " possibility of attack with the help of symlinks"'