Link Following The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mh-book (opens in a new tab)
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- published17 Jan 2026
- disclosed18 Nov 2008
Introduced: 18 Nov 2008
CVE-2008-5152 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:25.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mh-book package and not the mh-book package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-5152
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5152
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
- http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/46709
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32399
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46709