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CVE-2006-4248

Published: Oct 31, 2006 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4248
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

thttpd on Debian GNU/Linux, and possibly other distributions, allows local users to create or touch arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the start_thttpd temporary file.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ThttpdAcme_labs2.25b (including)2.25b (including)
ThttpdUbuntudapper*
ThttpdUbuntudevel*
ThttpdUbuntuedgy*
ThttpdUbuntufeisty*
ThttpdUbuntugutsy*
ThttpdUbuntuhardy*
ThttpdUbuntuintrepid*
ThttpdUbuntujaunty*
ThttpdUbuntukarmic*

References

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