CVE-2008-4190
Fixed in a distro release EPSS 1%
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.
Products: openswan, xelerance openswan
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Debian 4.0 | openswan | 1:2.4.6+dfsg.2-1.1+etch1 |
| Debian 5.0 | openswan | 1:2.4.12+dfsg-1.3+lenny1 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openswan | 0:2.6.14-1.el5_3.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openswan-debuginfo | 0:2.6.14-1.el5_3.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openswan-doc | 0:2.6.14-1.el5_3.2 |