{"id":"CVE-2008-4190","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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","description":"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.","publishedAt":"2008-09-24T10:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-07T10:08:34.945Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/34472","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2","https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded","http://secunia.com/advisories/34182","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded","https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078","http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135","http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374","http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250","http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:39:00.625Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2008/4xxx/CVE-2008-4190.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2008-4190","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2008-09-24T10:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T10:08:34.945Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2008-09-23T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34472","name":"34472","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2","name":"[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"]},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded","name":"20090309 Re: [ GLSA 200903-18 ] Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34182","name":"34182","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded","name":"20090310 Re: [ GLSA 200903-18 ] Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ"]},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078","name":"oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10078","tags":["vdb-entry","signature","x_refsource_OVAL"]},{"url":"http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243","name":"31243","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135","name":"9135","tags":["exploit","x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB"]},{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html","name":"RHSA-2009:0402","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250","name":"openswan-livetest-symlink(45250)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760","name":"DSA-1760","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2018-10-11T19:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"2008-08-24T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2008-4190","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"34472","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34472"},{"name":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2"},{"name":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770"},{"name":"20090309 Re: [ GLSA 200903-18 ] Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation","refsource":"BUGTRAQ","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded"},{"name":"34182","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34182"},{"name":"20090310 Re: [ GLSA 200903-18 ] Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation","refsource":"BUGTRAQ","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded"},{"name":"oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10078","refsource":"OVAL","url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078"},{"name":"http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan"},{"name":"31243","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243"},{"name":"9135","refsource":"EXPLOIT-DB","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135"},{"name":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374"},{"name":"RHSA-2009:0402","refsource":"REDHAT","url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html"},{"name":"openswan-livetest-symlink(45250)","refsource":"XF","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250"},{"name":"DSA-1760","refsource":"DEBIAN","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34472","name":"34472","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2","name":"[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded","name":"20090309 Re: [ GLSA 200903-18 ] Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34182","name":"34182","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded","name":"20090310 Re: [ GLSA 200903-18 ] Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078","name":"oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10078","tags":["vdb-entry","signature","x_refsource_OVAL","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243","name":"31243","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135","name":"9135","tags":["exploit","x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html","name":"RHSA-2009:0402","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_REDHAT","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250","name":"openswan-livetest-symlink(45250)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760","name":"DSA-1760","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T10:08:34.945Z"}}]}}}