CVE-2008-4192

cman/fence: insecure temporary file usage in the egenera fence agent

Published Sep 29, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4175 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-875-1 Red Hat Cluster Suite vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:08 AM
Reserved
Sep 23, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 29, 2008, 5:17 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:57 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Aug 24, 2008, 12:00 AM