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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374 CVE-2008-4190
Openswan 2.4.12/2.6.16 - Insecure Temp File Creation Privilege Escalation
Record summary
CVE-2008-4190 has a selected CVSS score of 4.4; EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.
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.
Description source: CVE List
Exploitation context
Available material
- Catalogued exploits
- 1
Proofs of concept
1Catalogued exploits
ExploitDBOpenswan 2.4.12/2.6.16 - Insecure Temp File Creation Privilege EscalationExploitDB exploitby nofameNot analyzed1 file
References
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan 34182Third-party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34182 34472Third-party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34472 DSA-1760Vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760 [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfiremailing list
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 RHSA-2009:0402Vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html 20090309 Re: [ GLSA 200903-18 ] Openswan: Insecure temporary file creationmailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded 20090310 Re: [ GLSA 200903-18 ] Openswan: Insecure temporary file creationmailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded 31243vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243 bugs.gentoo.orgConfirmation
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 bugzilla.redhat.comConfirmation
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425