CWE
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CVE Published
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CVE-2009-1893

First published: Tue Jul 07 2009(Updated: )

The configtest function in the Red Hat dhcpd init script for DHCP 3.0.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file, related to the "dhcpd -t" command.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux=3.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux=3.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux=3.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux=3.0
ISC DHCP Server=3.0.1-rc1
ISC DHCP Server=3.0.1-rc10
ISC DHCP Server=3.0.1-rc11
ISC DHCP Server=3.0.1-rc12
ISC DHCP Server=3.0.1-rc13
ISC DHCP Server=3.0.1-rc14
ISC DHCP Server=3.0.1-rc2
ISC DHCP Server=3.0.1-rc5
ISC DHCP Server=3.0.1-rc6
ISC DHCP Server=3.0.1-rc7
ISC DHCP Server=3.0.1-rc8
ISC DHCP Server=3.0.1-rc9

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