PT-2008-5797 · Fence+1 · Fence+1

Tomas Hoger · Published 2008-10-15 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2008-4579

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions fence versions 2.02.00-r1

Description The issue allows local users to append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the apclog temporary file when the fence apc and fence apc snmp programs are running in verbose mode.

Recommendations For fence version 2.02.00-r1, consider restricting access to the fence apc and fence apc snmp programs to prevent exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid running these programs in verbose mode until a fix is available.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4579

RHSA-2009:1341

RHSA-2009_1341

RHSA-2011:0266

Affected Products

Red Hat

Fence

References · 18

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4579 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1341.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10799 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32387 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4579 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31904 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1341 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43362 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32390 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36530 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-6552 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467386 · Note