FKIE_CVE-2008-4190
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-09-24 11:42 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:57
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
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