Description
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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2009-4981 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T07:24:54.054Z
Reserved: 2010-12-09T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2009-5023
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Status : Modified
Published: 2014-06-10T14:55:08.757
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2009-5023
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD