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mh-book — security advisory
inmail-show in mh-book 200605 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/inmail#####.log or (2) /tmp/inmail#####.stdin temporary file.
- Products
- mh-book
- Affected versions
- 200605-1, 200605-2, 200605-2.1, 200605-2.2, 200605-2.3, 200605-2.3build1, 200605-3
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-5152
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:18 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
inmail-show in mh-book 200605 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/inmail#####.log or (2) /tmp/inmail#####.stdin temporary file.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5152
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Complete source record
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