Openswan up to 2.6.16 ipseclive.conn link following

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A vulnerability was found in Openswan. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code of the file ipseclive.conn. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The IPSEC livetest tool in Openswan 2.4.12 and earlier, and 2.6.x through 2.6.16, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the (1) ipseclive.conn and (2) ipsec.olts.remote.log temporary files. NOTE: in many distributions and the upstream version, this tool has been disabled.

The bug was discovered 08/24/2008. The weakness was published 09/24/2008 by nofame (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4190 since 09/23/2008. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by nofame in Shell File and been published 11 months after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 31 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67835 (Oracle Linux 5 : openswan (ELSA-2009-0402)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155964 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Openswan (ELSA-2009-0402)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45250), Tenable (67835) and Exploit-DB (9135). Similar entry is available at 47451.

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Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: nofame
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Nessus ID: 67835
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 : openswan (ELSA-2009-0402)
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OpenVAS ID: 63732
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1760-1 (openswan)
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Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: nofame
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4190 (🔍)
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X-Force: 45250
Vulnerability Center: 21291 - Openswan <= 2.4.4 IPSEC Livetest Tool Local Files Overwrite and Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 31243 - Openswan IPsec Livetest Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 34182 - Gentoo update for openswan, Not Critical
OSVDB: 49096 - Openswan - IPsec Livetest Insecure Temporary File Creation Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/30/2019 18:15
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (90), 08/30/2019 18:15 (5)
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