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sng — security advisory
sng_regress in SNG 1.0.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/recompiled$$.png, (2) /tmp/decompiled$$.sng, and (3) /tmp/canonicalized$$.sng temporary files.
- Products
- sng
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.0.2-6
- CVEs
- CVE-2008-6398
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:35 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
sng_regress in SNG 1.0.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/recompiled$$.png, (2) /tmp/decompiled$$.sng, and (3) /tmp/canonicalized$$.sng temporary files.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-6398
sng
Fixed versions: 1.0.2-6
sng
Fixed versions: 1.0.2-6
sng
Fixed versions: 1.0.2-6
Complete source record
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],
"modified": "2026-10-23T17:47:25.135742193Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 416820,
"published_at": "2009-03-04T17:30:02.5+00:00"
}