CVE-2008-4580
Published Oct 15, 2008
Last updated 2 years ago
Overview
- Description
- fence_manual, as used in fence 2.02.00-r1 and possibly cman, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the fence_manual.fifo temporary file.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-59
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Vendor comments
- Red HatManual fencing agent is documented to only be provided for testing purposes and should not be used in production environments. Therefore, there is no plan to fix this flaw in Red Hat Cluster Suite for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, and in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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"
}
]
}
]