{"action":"Upgrade mafft to 6.240-2 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"6.240-2","introduced":"0"}],"component":"mafft","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:12","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["6.240-2"],"id":"tcs_01M5N94RBRS0997V3HZ21R0BE7","modified_at":"2026-10-23T17:47:43.112941904Z","published_at":"2008-11-06T15:55:51.933Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4971","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4971"],"severity":{"label":"unknown"},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4971","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4971"}],"summary":"mafft-homologs in mafft 6.240 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/_vf#?????, (2) /tmp/_if#?????, (3) /tmp/_pf#?????, (4) /tmp/_af#?????, (5) /tmp/_rid#????"}