CVE-2008-1796 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Comix 3.6.4 creates temporary directories with predictable names, which allows local users to cause an unspecified denial of service.

Published: 2008-04-15

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:::::::*

cpe:2.3:a:comix:comix:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-1796	Comix 3.6.4 creates temporary directories with predictable names, which allows local users to cause an unspecified denial of service.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/29956
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-29.xml
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41854
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00171.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00183.html

History

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Subscriptions

Comix Comix

Redhat Fedora

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-04-15T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:32:01.244Z

Reserved: 2008-04-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1796

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-04-15T17:05:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-1796

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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