PT-2008-5490 · Red Hat · Cman

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2008-09-29 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4192

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cman versions 2.20080629 through 2.20080801

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/eglog temporary file, which is created by the pserver shutdown function in fence egenera.

Recommendations For versions 2.20080629 and 2.20080801, consider restricting access to the /tmp/eglog temporary file to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4192

RHSA-2011:0266

Affected Products

Cman

References · 20

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19295 · Exploit
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4192 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43362 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32390 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32387 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31887 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/2 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44845 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30898 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/3 · Note