CVE-2009-1893
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
The configtest function in the Red Hat dhcpd init script for DHCP 3.0.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file, related to the "dhcpd -t" command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (49th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1888)
- Published
- July 17, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1888 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- isc / dhcp
- isc / dhcp
- isc / dhcp
- isc / dhcp
- isc / dhcp
- isc / dhcp
- isc / dhcp
- isc / dhcp
- isc / dhcp
- isc / dhcp
- isc / dhcp
- isc / dhcp
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35831(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022554
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1154.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35670
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510024
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51718
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11597
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6440
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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