{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4476","details":"sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file.  NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.","modified":"2026-04-28T20:10:46.437253Z","published":"2008-10-07T21:11:38.590Z","upstream":["CVE-2008-4476"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4476"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"sympa","ecosystem":"Debian:11","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/sympa?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.3.4-5.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4476.json"}},{"package":{"name":"sympa","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/sympa?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.3.4-5.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4476.json"}},{"package":{"name":"sympa","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/sympa?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.3.4-5.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4476.json"}},{"package":{"name":"sympa","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/sympa?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.3.4-5.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4476.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}