DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953

    Published: 5 Nov 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-4953

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4953

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firehol

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/firehol?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.1.7+ds-2.1
    3.1.7+ds-3
    3.1.7+ds-4
    3.1.7+ds-5
    3.1.7+ds-6
    3.1.8+ds-1

    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
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