CVE-2008-4953
EPSS 0.09%Published: 11/5/2008Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953
Description
firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-*-* and (2) /tmp/firehol.conf temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that an attack "would require an attacker to create 1073741824*PID-RANGE symlinks.
Affected packages (1)
- Debian/fireholfrom 0