CVE-2008-5135

Name	CVE-2008-5135
Description	os-prober in os-prober 1.17 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/mounted-map or (2) /tmp/raided-map temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating "the insecure code path should only ever run inside a d-i environment, which has no non-root users.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
os-prober (PTS)	jessie	1.65+deb8u1	vulnerable
	stretch	1.76~deb9u1	vulnerable
	buster	1.77	vulnerable
	bullseye	1.79	vulnerable
	bookworm	1.81	vulnerable
	sid, trixie	1.83	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
os-prober	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant