What is the severity of CVE-2008-5369?

CVE-2008-5369 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for local privilege escalation.

How do I fix CVE-2008-5369?

To fix CVE-2008-5369, you should upgrade noip2 to a version that addresses this symlink vulnerability.

What type of attack does CVE-2008-5369 allow?

CVE-2008-5369 allows local users to perform a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.

Which version of noip2 is affected by CVE-2008-5369?

CVE-2008-5369 specifically affects version 2.1.7 of noip2.

Can CVE-2008-5369 be exploited remotely?

CVE-2008-5369 cannot be exploited remotely as it requires local user access to the system.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2008-5369

medium

6.9

CWE

8/12/2008

16/9/2024

CVE-2008-5369

First published: Mon Dec 08 2008(Updated: )

noip2 in noip2 2.1.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/noip2 temporary file.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
No-ip No-ip2	=2.1.7

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Reference Links

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00283.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5369?
CVE-2008-5369 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for local privilege escalation.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5369?
To fix CVE-2008-5369, you should upgrade noip2 to a version that addresses this symlink vulnerability.
What type of attack does CVE-2008-5369 allow?
CVE-2008-5369 allows local users to perform a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.
Which version of noip2 is affected by CVE-2008-5369?
CVE-2008-5369 specifically affects version 2.1.7 of noip2.
Can CVE-2008-5369 be exploited remotely?
CVE-2008-5369 cannot be exploited remotely as it requires local user access to the system.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5369?
CVE-2008-5369 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for local privilege escalation.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5369?
To fix CVE-2008-5369, you should upgrade noip2 to a version that addresses this symlink vulnerability.
What type of attack does CVE-2008-5369 allow?
CVE-2008-5369 allows local users to perform a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files.
Which version of noip2 is affected by CVE-2008-5369?
CVE-2008-5369 specifically affects version 2.1.7 of noip2.
Can CVE-2008-5369 be exploited remotely?
CVE-2008-5369 cannot be exploited remotely as it requires local user access to the system.