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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-09-24T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:08:34.945Z

Reserved: 2008-09-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4190

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-09-24T11:42:25.250

Modified: 2019-07-29T14:24:46.720

Link: CVE-2008-4190

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4190 - Bugzilla