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nvidia-cg-toolkit — security advisory
nvidia-cg-toolkit-installer in nvidia-cg-toolkit 2.0.0015 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/nvidia-cg-toolkit-manifest temporary file.
- Products
- nvidia-cg-toolkit
- Affected versions
- 1.3.0408.0400-3, 1.3.0501.0700-1, 1.3.0501.0700-2, 1.3.0501.0700-3, 1.3.0501.0700-3.1, 1.3.0501.0700-3.2, 1.5.0.0019-1, 1.5.0023, 2.0.0010, 2.0.0012.deb1, 2.0.0012.deb2, 2.0.0012.deb3, 2.0.0012.deb4, 2.0.0012.deb5, 2.0.0012.deb6, 2.0.0015.deb1, 2.0.0015.deb2, 2.0.0015.deb3, 2.1.0017.deb1, 2.1.0017.deb1+nmu1, 2.1.0017.deb1+nmu2, 2.1.0017.deb1+nmu3, 3.1.0013-1, 3.1.0013-2, 3.1.0013-3, 3.1.0013-4, 3.1.0013-5
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-5144
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:30 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
nvidia-cg-toolkit-installer in nvidia-cg-toolkit 2.0.0015 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/nvidia-cg-toolkit-manifest temporary file.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5144
nvidia-cg-toolkit
Fixed versions: Not specified
nvidia-cg-toolkit
Fixed versions: Not specified
nvidia-cg-toolkit
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:22.834005272Z",
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