PT-2008-5798 · Red Hat · Fence

Tomas Hoger · Published 2008-10-15 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2008-4580

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the fence manual.fifo temporary file. This is related to the fence manual component, which is used in fence and possibly cman.

Recommendations For version 2.02.00-r1, consider restricting access to the fence manual component to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the fence manual component until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4580

Affected Products

Fence

References · 6

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4580 · Security Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45953 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/1 · Note