CVE-2009-1893

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2009-07-14
CWE:
CWE-377
Bugzilla:
510024: CVE-2009-1893 dhcp: insecure temporary file use in the dhcpd init script

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-1893 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.6
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Complete

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (dhcp) RHSA-2009:1154 2009-07-14

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