CVE-2009-4664
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.3
Description
Firewall Builder 3.0.4, 3.0.5, and 3.0.6, when running on Linux, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file that is created by the iptables script.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 3.0.7-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 3.0.7-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 3.0.7-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 3.0.7-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 3.0.7-1 |
Linux kernel Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Not affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| fwbuilder | firewall_builder | 3.0.4 | |
| fwbuilder | firewall_builder | 3.0.5 | |
| fwbuilder | firewall_builder | 3.0.6 | |
References
- http://blog.fwbuilder.org/2009/09/firewall-builder-v307-released.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035112.html
- http://osvdb.org/58247
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36809
- http://www.fwbuilder.org/docs/firewall_builder_release_notes.html#3.0.7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36468
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0389
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524588
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53392
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4664
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.