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CVE-2008-5374

• 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: 2008-12-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

bash-doc 3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/cb#####.? temporary file, related to the (1) aliasconv.sh, (2) aliasconv.bash, and (3) cshtobash scripts.

Affected products

• Matthias Klose Bash-Doc: 3.2

References

• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43365
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51086
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-05.xml
• http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:004
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0261.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1073.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32733
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0414
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43365

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