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DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5023
DEBIAN-CVE-2009-5023
PUBLISHED
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.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | fail2ban | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:12 | fail2ban | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:11 | fail2ban | 0, 0, 0 |
| Debian:13 | fail2ban | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Jun 10, 2014 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated