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    CVE-2008-4579

    The (1) fence_apc and (2) fence_apc_snmp programs, as used in (a) fence 2.02.00-r1 and possibly (b) cman, when running in verbose mode, allows local users to append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the apclog temporary file.

    Published:Oct 8, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Oct 15, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00052
    CVSS Score:1.9

    Affected Products

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

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    References

    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32387
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32390
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36530
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43362
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1341.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31904
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467386
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10799
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32387
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32390
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36530
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43362
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1341.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31904
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467386
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10799
    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