NVD

Id
4742  
Name
CVE-2008-4953  
Description
** DISPUTED ** 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."  
Reject
 
CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
6.9  
Severity
Medium  
CVSS Base Score
6.9  
CVSS Impact Subscore
10  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
3.4  
CVSS Vector
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)  
Pub Date
2017-01-03  
Published
2008-11-05  
Modified Date
2009-07-20  
Seq
2008-4953  

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Related NVD References

Id NVD Id NVD No. Reference Actions
29643 4742 CVE-2008-4953 http://bugs.debian.org/496424  View
29644 4742 CVE-2008-4953 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/firehol  View
29645 4742 CVE-2008-4953 [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire  View
29646 4742 CVE-2008-4953 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770  View

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