CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4580
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-10-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
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.
Affected configurations
• gentoo cman 2.02.00
• gentoo fence 2.02.00
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45953 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45953 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com