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.
| Date Added | Due Date | Vulnerability Name | Required Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A |
| Type | Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 2.0 | 4.7 | MEDIUM | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N |
| Hyperlink | Source | Resource |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/58841 | secalert@redhat.com | N/A |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-03.xml | secalert@redhat.com | N/A |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=544232 | secalert@redhat.com | N/A |
| https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/blob/sdist/0.8.5/ChangeLog | secalert@redhat.com | N/A |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/58841 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | N/A |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-03.xml | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | N/A |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=544232 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | N/A |
| https://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/blob/sdist/0.8.5/ChangeLog | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | N/A |