CVE-2009-5023

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5023
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2009-5023.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2009-5023
Related
Published
2014-06-10T14:55:08Z
Modified
2025-04-12T10:46:40Z
Downstream
Summary
[none]
Details

The (1) dshield.conf, (2) mail-buffered.conf, (3) mynetwatchman.conf, and (4) mynetwatchman.conf actions in action.d/ in Fail2ban before 0.8.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names, as demonstrated by /tmp/fail2ban-mail.txt.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / fail2ban

Package

Name
fail2ban
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fail2ban?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.4+svn20110323-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:12 / fail2ban

Package

Name
fail2ban
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fail2ban?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.4+svn20110323-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Debian:13 / fail2ban

Package

Name
fail2ban
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fail2ban?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.8.4+svn20110323-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}