CVE-2008-4996

Publication date

2008-11-07 19:00:00

Family

mitre

State

PUBLISHED

Description

init in initramfs-tools 0.92f allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/initramfs.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that "init is [used in] a single-user context; theres no possibility that this is exploitable.