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CVE-2010-4817

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• 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: none known
• Published: 2019-11-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

pithos before 0.3.5 allows overwrite of arbitrary files via symlinks.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
• Pithos Project Pithos: before 0.3.5 — fixed in 0.3.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Pithos Project Pithos 0.3.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4817
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/pithos/%2Bbug/667896
• https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2010/CVE-2010-4817.html
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4817
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/10
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-4817
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/pithos/%2Bbug/667896
• https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2010/CVE-2010-4817.html
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4817
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/19/10

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