CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-1893
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-07-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• redhat enterprise linux 3.0
• isc dhcp 3.0.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35831 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022554 securitytracker.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1154.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35670 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510024 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51718 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11597 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6440 oval.cisecurity.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35831 Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022554 securitytracker.com
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1154.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35670 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510024 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51718 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11597 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6440 oval.cisecurity.org