CVE-2008-4966

2008-11-0611:00:00

mitre

www.cve.org

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

linux-patch-openswan 2.4.12 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/snap##### and (b) /tmp/nightly##### temporary files, related to the (1) maysnap and (2) maytest scripts.

References

bugs.debian.org/496376

dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/linux-patch-openswan

uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

www.securityfocus.com/bid/30918

bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44823