PT-2005-2835 · Iptables · Giptables Firewall

Published 2005-06-07 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-1878

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.2

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GIPTables Firewall versions 1.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temp.ip.addresses temporary file.

Recommendations For GIPTables Firewall versions 1.1 and earlier, consider restricting access to the temp.ip.addresses file to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1878

Affected Products

Giptables Firewall

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1878 · Security Note
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034423.html · Note
• http://zataz.net/adviso/giptables-05222005.txt · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15604 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014109 · Note