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    CVE-2008-4192

    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.

    Published:Aug 24, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Sep 29, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00131
    CVSS Score:6.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Cman
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Cluster

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19295

    References

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496410
    http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/cman
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31887
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32387
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32390
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43362
    http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/3
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/2
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30898
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460476
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44845
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496410
    http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/cman
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31887
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32387
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32390
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43362
    http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/3
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/2
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30898
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460476
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44845
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High