CVE-2009-1893
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.9 · CWE-59
6.9CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35831Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1154.htmlAdvisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022554
- 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