Vulnerability Details 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 36.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.4
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34182
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34472
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34182
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34472
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135
Products affected by CVE-2008-4190
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cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.10
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.11
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.12
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.8
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.9
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.03
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.04
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.05
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.06
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.07
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.08
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.09
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.10
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.11
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.12
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.13
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.14
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.15
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cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.16