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cecilia — security advisory
lib/prefs.tcl in Cecilia 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the csvers temporary file.
- Products
- cecilia
- Affected versions
- 2.0.2-1, 2.0.5-1, 2.0.5-2
- Fixed versions
- 2.0.5-2.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-1832
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
lib/prefs.tcl in Cecilia 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the csvers temporary file.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1832
cecilia
Fixed versions: 2.0.5-2.1
cecilia
Fixed versions: 2.0.5-2.1
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1832",
"method": "structured",
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"title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1832",
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"evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1832",
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},
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}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:32.089551821Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2008-1832"
],
"references": [
"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1832"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
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],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 417487,
"published_at": "2008-04-16T15:05:00+00:00"
}