CVE-2008-2389 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

opensuse-updater in openSUSE 10.2 allows local users to access arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

opensuse-updater in openSUSE 10.2 allows local users to access arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 16 years ago

2008-06-06 22:32:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-11 01:10:00

Affected Software

OpenSUSE 10.2

10.2

References

SUSE-SR:2008:012

30581

29608

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