{"action":"Upgrade mgetty to 1.1.36-1.3 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"1.1.36-1.3","introduced":"0"}],"component":"mgetty","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:14","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["1.1.36-1.3"],"id":"tcs_01M5N94JSVJ7TYYC09MGD5JP81","modified_at":"2026-10-23T17:47:21.652657336Z","published_at":"2008-11-05T15:00:14.790Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4936","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4936"],"severity":{"label":"unknown"},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4936#Debian:14/mgetty","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4936"}],"summary":"faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file."}