CVE-2008-4474: 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)…

PriorityP423high7.2CVSS 2.0

AVLACLAuNCCICAC

EPSS

0.37%

29.1th percentile

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.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	freeradius	< freeradius 2.0.4+dfsg-6 (bookworm)	freeradius 2.0.4+dfsg-6 (bookworm)
freeradius	freeradius	—	—
freeradius	freeradius	>= 0 < 2.0.4+dfsg-6	2.0.4+dfsg-6
freeradius	freeradius	>= 0 < 2.0.4+dfsg-6	2.0.4+dfsg-6
freeradius	freeradius	>= 0 < 2.0.4+dfsg-6	2.0.4+dfsg-6
freeradius	freeradius	>= 0 < 2.0.4+dfsg-6	2.0.4+dfsg-6

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv7.2HIGH

vendor_debian7.2LOW

vendor_redhat7.2HIGH

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