CVE-2008-4579 (GCVE-0-2008-4579)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-15 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:24
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1091 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-13… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/32390 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32387 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/36530 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/43362 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-02… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2008-10-10 00:00
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