{"action":"Upgrade myspell to 1:3.0+pre3.1-21 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"1:3.0+pre3.1-21","introduced":"0"}],"component":"myspell","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:11","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["1:3.0+pre3.1-21"],"id":"tcs_01M5N94RY3J671CXH1BAM32X57","modified_at":"2026-08-04T06:03:20.509128469Z","published_at":"2008-11-06T15:55:51.997Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4973","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4973"],"severity":{"label":"unknown"},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4973","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4973"}],"summary":"i2myspell in myspell 3.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/i2my#####.1 and (2) /tmp/i2my#####.2 temporary files."}