CVE-2008-4190 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-4190

The IPSEC livetest tool in Openswan 2.4.12 and earlier, and...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openswan
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.0.9, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 2.2, 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.4.0, 2.4.2, 2.4.4, 2.6.03, 2.6.04, 2.6.05, 2.6.06, 2.6.07, 2.6.08, 2.6.09, 2.6.10, 2.6.11, 2.6.12, 2.6.13, 2.6.14, 2.6.15, 2.6.16

Timeline

Official Publish: September 24th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.