debian · CVE-2008-4476

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Priority: low Published: Updated: Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:30:09 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2008-4476 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sympa), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.

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