** DISPUTED ** 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
Configurations
History
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Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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References | () http://bugs.debian.org/496424 - | |
References | () http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/firehol - | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 - | |
References | () https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 - |
Information
Published : 2008-11-05 15:00
Updated : 2024-11-21 00:52
NVD link : CVE-2008-4953
Mitre link : CVE-2008-4953
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-4953
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Products Affected
firehol
- firehol
CWE
CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')