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    CVE-2008-6560

    Buffer overflow in CMAN - The Cluster Manager before 2.03.09-1 on Fedora 9 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and memory corruption) via a cluster.conf file with many lines. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries in realistic uses of the product.

    Published:Mar 31, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 31, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.00988
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Cman
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    References

    http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cluster.git?p=cluster.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=67fee9128e54c6c3fc3eae306b5b501f3029c3be
    http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.html
    http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.html
    http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.html
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468966
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49832
    http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cluster.git?p=cluster.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=67fee9128e54c6c3fc3eae306b5b501f3029c3be
    http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.html
    http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.html
    http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.html
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468966
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49832

    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