CVE-2008-4190

Public 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.

Category

4.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.15%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/34472 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 mailing list
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/34182 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078 vdb entry signature
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243 vdb entry patch
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135 exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374 patch
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html patch vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760 patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4190?
CVE-2008-4190 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4190?
To fix CVE-2008-4190, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-4190 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-4190 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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