ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2008-1078

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Gentoo2026.05.31 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.10 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.07 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.05 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.11 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.11 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.27 ppc64le minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.27 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.27 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.13 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.13 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.14 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.16 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.17 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.17 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.21 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.23 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.25 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.25 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.05 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.05 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.07 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.09 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.09 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.08 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.08 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.12 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.12 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.12 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.14 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.15 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.15 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.16 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.16 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.19 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.21 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.23 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.23 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.22 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.22 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.26 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.28 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.29 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.29 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.30 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.30 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.02 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.04 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.06 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.06 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.09 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.11 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.11 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.11 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.13 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.13 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.05 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.05 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.16 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.16 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.18 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.20 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.20 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.19 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.19 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.23 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.23 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.23 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.25 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.26 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.26 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.27 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.27 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.01 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.03 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.03 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.06 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.06 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.06 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.08 x86 minimal installunknownsource

References

  1. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
  2. http://secunia.com/advisories/29144
  3. http://secunia.com/advisories/29187
  4. http://secunia.com/advisories/29694
  5. http://secunia.com/advisories/33400
  6. http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
  7. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
  8. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
  9. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
  10. https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
  11. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html
  12. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
  13. http://secunia.com/advisories/29144
  14. http://secunia.com/advisories/29187
  15. http://secunia.com/advisories/29694
  16. http://secunia.com/advisories/33400
  17. http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
  18. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
  19. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
  20. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044