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  "id": "CVE-2008-4953",
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "published": "2008-11-05T15:00:15.273",
  "lastModified": "2009-07-20T04:00:00.000",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "** 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.\""
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "** CUESTIONADA ** firehol de firehol v1.256, permite a usuarios locales sobrescribir ficheros de su elecci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de un ataque de enlace simb\u00f3lico en los ficheros temporales (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-*-* y (2) /tmp/firehol.conf. NOTA: El vendedor ha impugnado esta vulnerabilidad, argumentando que un ataque \"requerir\u00eda al atacante crear 1073741824*RANGO-PID de enlaces simb\u00f3licos\""
    }
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          "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
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          "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE",
          "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE",
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          "baseScore": 6.9
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    {
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/496424",
      "source": "cve@mitre.org"
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      "url": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/firehol",
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