CVE-2008-5704

gpsdrive <2.10~pre4 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

src/unit_test.c in gpsdrive (aka gpsdrive-scripts) 2.10~pre4 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gpsdrive-unit-test/proc temporary file, a different vector than CVE-2008-4959 and CVE-2008-5380.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/15
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508597

Scores

EPSS 0.0118
EPSS Percentile 63.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (4)
gpsdrive/gpsdrive 1.32
gpsdrive/gpsdrive 1.33
gpsdrive/gpsdrive 2.09
gpsdrive/gpsdrive < 2.10
Published Dec 22, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026