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NVD Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2008-4580
Modified
More InfoOfficial Page
Source-secalert@redhat.com
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-15 Oct, 2008 | 20:08
Updated At-23 Apr, 2026 | 00:35

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.

CISA Catalog
Date AddedDue DateVulnerability NameRequired Action
N/A
Date Added: N/A
Due Date: N/A
Vulnerability Name: N/A
Required Action: N/A
Metrics
TypeVersionBase scoreBase severityVector
Primary2.07.2HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Type: Primary
Version: 2.0
Base score: 7.2
Base severity: HIGH
Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CPE Matches
Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
gentoo
>>cman>>2.02.00
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:cman:2.02.00:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
gentoo
>>fence>>2.02.00
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:fence:2.02.00:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Weaknesses
CWE IDTypeSource
CWE-59Primarynvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-noinfoPrimarynvd@nist.gov
CWE ID: CWE-59
Type: Primary
Source: nvd@nist.gov
CWE ID: NVD-CWE-noinfo
Type: Primary
Source: nvd@nist.gov
Evaluator Description
Evaluator Impact

Evaluator Solution

Vendor Statements
Organization : Red Hat
Last Modified : 2009-11-12T00:00:00

Manual fencing agent is documented to only be provided for testing purposes and should not be used in production environments. Therefore, there is no plan to fix this flaw in Red Hat Cluster Suite for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, and in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

References
HyperlinkSourceResource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576secalert@redhat.com
N/A
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3secalert@redhat.com
N/A
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/1secalert@redhat.com
N/A
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1secalert@redhat.com
N/A
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45953secalert@redhat.com
N/A
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/1af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45953af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
N/A
Hyperlink: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45953
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45953
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Resource: N/A
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