CVE-2008-4085 plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and
Medium 4.4
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-4085 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2008-4085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Sep 2008.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4085 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4085/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4085/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-4085?
CVE-2008-4085 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Sep 2008.
Official description
plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4085?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Stephenjungels Plait.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4085?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2008-4085 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4085 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4085, GHSA-x3mh-96hm-qgvv.