CVE-2008-4965

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

liguidsoap.py in liguidsoap 0.3.8.1+2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/liguidsoap.liq, (2) /tmp/lig.#####.log, and (3) /tmp/emission.ogg temporary files.

Affected products

Savonet Liguidsoap: 0.3.8.1+2

References

http://bugs.debian.org/496360
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/liguidsoap
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30912
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44827
http://bugs.debian.org/496360
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/liguidsoap
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30912

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