CVE-2008-5377

EPSS 0.22%

Published: 12/8/2008Modified: 4/28/2026

Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5377

Description

pstopdf in CUPS 1.3.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/pstopdf.log temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1333.

Affected packages (1)

Debian/cupsfrom 0, < 1.3.8-1lenny1

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5377