CVE-2010-4173

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-11-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The default configuration of libsdp.conf in libsdp 1.1.104 and earlier creates log files in /tmp, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack on the libsdp.log.##### temporary file.

Affected products

Openfabrics Libsdp: through 1.1.104; 1.1.99, 1.1.100, 1.1.101, 1.1.102, 1.1.103

References

http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/libsdp/libsdp-1.1.105-0.4.g1b9b996.tar.gz
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/16/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/16/7
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=647941
http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/libsdp/libsdp-1.1.105-0.4.g1b9b996.tar.gz
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/16/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/16/7
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=647941

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