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medium 6.9

CVE-2008-5374 json

bash-doc 3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/cb#####.? temporary file, related to the (1) al…

published 2008-12-08 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5351

cvss
6.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

bash-doc 3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/cb#####.? temporary file, related to the (1) aliasconv.sh, (2) aliasconv.bash, and (3) cshtobash scripts.

Patch / fix

  • bash Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5374

  • bash RHEL 5 3.2-32.el5
  • bash RHEL 4 3.0-27.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:1073RHSA-2011:0261

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-5374 updated cvss 1.2

bash: Insecure temporary file use in aliasconv.sh, aliasconv.bash, cshtobash (symlink attack)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) bash 3.2-32.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1073
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 bash 3.0-27.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0261
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) bash 3.2-32.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:1073
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 bash 3.0-27.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 bash 3.0-27.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 bash 3.0-27.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0261

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.