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title: "CVE-2007-2837\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-2837

Publication date 3 July 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The (1) getRule and (2) getChains functions in server/rules.cpp in
fireflierd (fireflier-server) in FireFlier 1.1.6 allow local users to
overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/fireflier.rules
temporary file.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fireflier | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.1.7ubuntu1 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.1.6-3ubuntu0.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.1.6-2ubuntu0.6.06 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2837)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2837)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-2837)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2837)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2837>