{"action":"Upgrade rancid to 2.3.2~a8-2 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"2.3.2~a8-2","introduced":"0"}],"component":"rancid","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["2.3.2~a8-2"],"id":"tcs_01M5N94S75458FZB2MWWYH310N","modified_at":"2026-10-23T17:47:45.433096517Z","published_at":"2008-11-06T15:55:52.150Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4979","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4979"],"severity":{"label":"unknown"},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4979#Debian:13/rancid","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4979"}],"summary":"getipacctg in rancid 2.3.2~a8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/ipacct.#####.prefixes, (2) /tmp/ipacct.#####.sorted, (3) /tmp/ipacct.#####.pl, and (4) /t"}