openswan: Insecure auxiliary /tmp file usage (symlink attack possible)
Published Sep 24, 2008
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.11%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 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
Running on/with
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.5
- 2.4.6
- 2.4.7
- 2.4.8
- 2.4.9
- 2.4.10
- 2.4.11
- 2.4.12
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
openswan-0:2.6.14-1.el5_3.2
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0402
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openswan-0:2.6.14-1.el5_3.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0402 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.11% (0.01115) | 64.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.11% (0.01115) | 61.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.14% (0.00145) | 32.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.63% (0.05625) | 90.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.63% (0.05625) | 89.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.63% (0.05625) | 76.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34182 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34472 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4190 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4190
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4190
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Change history (0)
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