CVE-2008-4966 Information

Description

linux-patch-openswan 2.4.12 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/snap and (b) /tmp/nightly temporary files related to the (1) maysnap and (2) maytest scripts.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/496376 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/linux-patch-openswan http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30918 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44823