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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-06-10 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-12-09
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 11e6e96d62d70b13b5f18f0bee116d6d273dd77e5ca5c7c76fe9e995f59e01ae
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/fail2ban/fail2ban/blob/sdist/0.8.5/ChangeLog
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201406-03http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-03.xml
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=544232
- secunia.com58841http://secunia.com/advisories/58841
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- fail2ban Fixed in 0.8.4+svn20110323-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fail2ban Fixed in 0.8.4+svn20110323-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fail2ban Fixed in 0.8.4+svn20110323-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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