CVE-2008-4953

** 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."

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://bugs.debian.org/496424
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/firehol

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:firehol:firehol:1.256:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2008-11-05 03:00

Updated : 2009-07-20 04:00

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NVD link : CVE-2008-4953

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4953

No products.

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