CVE-2008-4966

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

linux-patch-openswan 2.4.12 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/snap##### and (b) /tmp/nightly##### temporary files, related to the (1) maysnap and (2) maytest scripts.

Affected products

Openswan Linux-Patch-Openswan: 2.4.12

References

http://bugs.debian.org/496376
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/linux-patch-openswan
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30918
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44823
http://bugs.debian.org/496376
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/linux-patch-openswan
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30918

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