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CVE-2008-4190

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.4 Published: 2008-09-24 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Openswan OpenswanXelerance Openswan

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References