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    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.

    Published:Aug 24, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Sep 24, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00173
    CVSS Score:4.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Openswan
    Product
    Openswan
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Xelerance
    Product
    Openswan

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135

    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High