DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4953
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953
Upstream
Published
2008-11-05T15:00:15.273Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:10:49.777736Z
Summary
[none]
Details

firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-- and (2) /tmp/firehol.conf temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that an attack "would require an attacker to create 1073741824*PID-RANGE symlinks.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / firehol

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.7+ds-2
3.1.7+ds-2.1
3.1.7+ds-3
3.1.7+ds-4
3.1.7+ds-5
3.1.7+ds-6
3.1.8+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953.json"

Debian:12 / firehol

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.7+ds-2.1
3.1.7+ds-3
3.1.7+ds-4
3.1.7+ds-5
3.1.7+ds-6
3.1.8+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953.json"

Debian:13 / firehol

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.8+ds-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953.json"