CVE-2009-1893

medium

Description

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6440

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11597

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51718

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510024

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35670

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1154.html

http://securitytracker.com/id?1022554

http://secunia.com/advisories/35831

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-07-17

Updated: 2023-02-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N