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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-4190: Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-4190: Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/24/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-openswan

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