CVE-2008-4579
Published Oct 15, 2008
Last updated 2 years ago
Overview
- Description
- The (1) fence_apc and (2) fence_apc_snmp programs, as used in (a) fence 2.02.00-r1 and possibly (b) cman, when running in verbose mode, allows local users to append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the apclog temporary file.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 1.9
- Impact score
- 2.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.4
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-59
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Vendor comments
- Red HatThe Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. This issue is addressed in the cman package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1337.html This issue also affects the fence package in Red Hat Cluster Suite for Enterprise Linux 4AS, a future update may address this flaw: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-4579
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:cman:2.02.00:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "6C3CBF73-99E7-4562-AA18-19EA3D9AF2D5"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:fence:2.02.00:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "7E9BCDBC-4566-417D-AEB6-B1377519648A"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]