CVE-2009-1893

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.9
Exploit probability—
ProductRedhat Enterprise Linux
PublishedJul 17, 2009
First seenJul 17, 2009

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
redhat enterprise_linux3.0—
isc dhcp3.0.1—

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