CVE-2008-4190
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (66th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4173)
- Published
- September 24, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4173 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openswan / openswan
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References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374(Patch)
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34182(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34472(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243(Patch)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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