{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1078 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1078 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2008-1078 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, published on 29 Feb 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2008-1078 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2008-1078 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Gentoo Linux, published on 29 Feb 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1078 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Gentoo Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1078/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1078/index.md)","id":"CVE-2008-1078","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1078/index.md","name":"CVE-2008-1078","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-p2pv-rfm6-cxq7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_modify","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux distribution utilities","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files in am-utils, potentially leading to privilege escalation.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"redhat","cpe":[{"product":"linux","vendor":"gentoo"},{"product":"rpath_linux","vendor":"rpath"}],"cvss":{"score":7.2,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file.  NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-1078","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"gentoo:linux","products":["gentoo:linux"],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2008"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":11,"next":{"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-1079"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"SQL injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-1077"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2008-02-29","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2004-0914","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2004-12-15"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2004-1037","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2004-11-19"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2004-1034","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2004-11-16"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2004-0891","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2004-10-21"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2002-1337","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2004-09-01"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2004-0649","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2004-07-13"},{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2004-0226","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2004-05-05"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-07","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files in am-utils, potentially leading to privilege escalation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1078/"}