fkie_cve-2008-4190
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-09-24 11:42
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34182Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34472Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34182Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34472Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135



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  "id": "CVE-2008-4190",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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      "lastModified": "2009-03-30T00:00:00",
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}


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