{"action":"No fix published. Pin and monitor.","affected":[{"introduced":"0"}],"component":"firehol","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:12","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":[],"id":"tcs_01M5N94NS252FDQFFVEP6BC7BR","modified_at":"2026-10-23T17:47:34.413697988Z","published_at":"2008-11-05T15:00:15.273Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4953"],"severity":{"label":"unknown"},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4953"}],"summary":"firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-*-* and (2) /tmp/firehol.conf temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes th"}