CVE-2008-4190
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Summary
The IPSEC livetest tool in Openswan 2.4.12 and earlier, and 2.6.x through 2.6.16, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the (1) ipseclive.conn and (2) ipsec.olts.remote.log temporary files. NOTE: in many distributions and the upstream version, this tool has been disabled.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34472
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34182
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34472
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34182
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760
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