firehol 1.256 link following ⚔ [Disputed]

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in firehol 1.256. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes link following. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-4953. There is no available exploit. The existence of this vulnerability is still disputed at present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in firehol 1.256. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

** DISPUTED ** 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."

The weakness was presented 11/05/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at bugs.gentoo.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-4953 since 11/05/2008. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 254335 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2008-4953), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (254335). See VDB-44966, VDB-44935, VDB-44934 and VDB-44933 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 254335
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2008-4953

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08/25/2025 +3814 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.gentoo.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-4953 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4953
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44893
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/25/2025 21:19
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (40), 10/13/2018 09:01 (6), 08/07/2024 13:28 (17), 08/25/2025 21:19 (3)
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