CVE-2008-4190

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-4190
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-09-24T11:42:25
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2019-07-29T14:24:46
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:xelerance:openswan:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243 Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan
http://secunia.com/advisories/34182 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34472 Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4190
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4190
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:40:16 Added to TrackCVE