CVE-2008-5704

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

src/unit_test.c in gpsdrive (aka gpsdrive-scripts) 2.10~pre4 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gpsdrive-unit-test/proc temporary file, a different vector than CVE-2008-4959 and CVE-2008-5380.

Affected products

Gpsdrive: through 2.10; 1.32, 1.33, 2.09

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508597
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/15
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508597
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/15

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