Upstream information

CVE-2008-5137 at MITRE

Description

tkman in tkman 2.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/tkman##### or (2) /tmp/ll temporary file.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.9
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 538006 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • tkman >= 2.2-157.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10018

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 18:32:57 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:30 2025