CVE-2008-4953

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 (8)

• cve@mitrehttp://bugs.debian.org/496424
• cve@mitrehttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/firehol
• cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• cve@mitrehttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/496424
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/firehol
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770