Symlink Attack Affecting freeradius/freeradius-server package, versions [,2.0.4]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREERADIUSFREERADIUSSERVER-2365087
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Oct 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Oct 2008

CVE-2008-4474  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for freeradius/freeradius-server.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack freeradius-dialupadmin in freeradius 2.0.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in (1) backup_radacct, (2) clean_radacct, (3) monthly_tot_stats, (4) tot_stats, and (5) truncate_radacct.

CVSS Base Scores

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