{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953","details":"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.","modified":"2026-09-20T06:47:27.940474433Z","published":"2008-11-05T15:00:15.273Z","upstream":["CVE-2008-4953"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4953"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"firehol","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/firehol?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.1.7+ds-2.1","3.1.7+ds-3","3.1.7+ds-4","3.1.7+ds-5","3.1.7+ds-6","3.1.8+ds-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953.json"}},{"package":{"name":"firehol","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/firehol?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.1.8+ds-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}