FKIE_CVE-2008-4953

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-11-05 15:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:58
Severity
Summary
firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-*-* and (2) /tmp/firehol.conf temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that an attack "would require an attacker to create 1073741824*PID-RANGE symlinks.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/496424
cve@mitre.orghttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/firehol
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/496424
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/firehol
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
firehol firehol 1.256
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