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CVE-2008-5139
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2008-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-59
Description
updatejail in jailer 0.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/#####.updatejail temporary file.
Affected products
References
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32943
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32959
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1674
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32413
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32943
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32959
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1674
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32413
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