{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5188 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2008-5188 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Nov 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-2008-5188 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2008-5188 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 21 Nov 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-2008-5188 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. 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-2008-5188/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5188/index.md)","id":"CVE-2008-5188","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5188/index.md","name":"CVE-2008-5188","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5188","GHSA-84hq-4h95-83xw","RHSA-2009:1307"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"eCryptfs utilities","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can read cleartext passwords from process listings when using eCryptfs setup scripts, exposing sensitive 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