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CVE-2008-4192

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Description

The pserver_shutdown function in fence_egenera in cman 2.20080629 and 2.20080801 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/eglog temporary file.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44845

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460476

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30898

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/3

http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

http://secunia.com/advisories/43362

http://secunia.com/advisories/32390

http://secunia.com/advisories/32387

http://secunia.com/advisories/31887

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/cman

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496410

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-09-29

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00131

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