CVE-2008-4190

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.

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

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2008-09-24 11:42

Updated : 2019-07-29 02:24

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NVD link : CVE-2008-4190

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4190

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