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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-09-17T02:53:26.055Z

Reserved: 2008-11-05T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2008-4953

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-11-05T15:00:15.273

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-4953

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