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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-4190 Detail

Current Description

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.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/30/2009)

This issue has been addressed via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34182 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/34472 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243 CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078 CVE, MITRE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4190
NVD Published Date:
09/24/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE