CVE-2008-4966: Openswan Linux-Patch-Openswan

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

linux-patch-openswan 2.4.12 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/snap##### and (b) /tmp/nightly##### temporary files, related to the (1) maysnap and (2) maytest scripts.

Affected products

• Openswan Linux-Patch-Openswan: version 2.4.12 only

Published 2008-11-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.