CVE-2009-5023

The (1) dshield.conf, (2) mail-buffered.conf, (3) mynetwatchman.conf, and (4) mynetwatchman.conf actions in action.d/ in Fail2ban before 0.8.5 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names, as demonstrated by /tmp/fail2ban-mail.txt.
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ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
4.7 UNKNOWN
LOCAL
MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
redhatCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 14%
VendorProductVersion
fail2banfail2ban
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≤ 0.8.4
fail2banfail2ban
0.1.0
fail2banfail2ban
0.1.1
fail2banfail2ban
0.1.2
fail2banfail2ban
0.3.0
fail2banfail2ban
0.3.1
fail2banfail2ban
0.4.0
fail2banfail2ban
0.4.1
fail2banfail2ban
0.5.0
fail2banfail2ban
0.5.1
fail2banfail2ban
0.5.2
fail2banfail2ban
0.5.3
fail2banfail2ban
0.5.4
fail2banfail2ban
0.5.5
fail2banfail2ban
0.6.0
fail2banfail2ban
0.6.1
fail2banfail2ban
0.7.0
fail2banfail2ban
0.7.1
fail2banfail2ban
0.7.2
fail2banfail2ban
0.7.3
fail2banfail2ban
0.7.4
fail2banfail2ban
0.7.5
fail2banfail2ban
0.7.6
fail2banfail2ban
0.7.7
fail2banfail2ban
0.7.8
fail2banfail2ban
0.7.9
fail2banfail2ban
0.8.0
fail2banfail2ban
0.8.1
fail2banfail2ban
0.8.2
fail2banfail2ban
0.8.3
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
fail2ban
bullseye
0.11.2-2
fixed
lenny
no-dsa
bookworm
1.0.2-2
fixed
sid
1.1.0-7
fixed
trixie
1.1.0-7
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
fail2ban
saucy
not-affected
raring
not-affected
quantal
not-affected
precise
not-affected
oneiric
not-affected
natty
ignored
maverick
ignored
lucid
ignored
hardy
ignored