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CVE-2008-4192 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

see all 36 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
redhat cman	2.20080629 2.20080801
CPE cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.20080629:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.20080801:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 30, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]