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CVE-2008-4190

Published: Sep 24, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-59
4.4MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 38.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

n/an/a
openswanopenswan
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway
openswanxelerance
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway
Gentoo LinuxGentoo Foundation Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openswanoss-projectNetworking Infrastructureaka openswan, linux-patch-openswan
xelerancecommercialNetworking Infrastructureaka openswan
gentoo foundation inc.oss-projectUSOperating Systems

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/34472
secunia.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425
bugzilla.redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
openwall.com
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Timeline

Published
Sep 24, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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