Vulnerability Details : 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.
Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory CorruptionDenial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6560
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.87%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 80 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-6560
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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7.8
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HIGH | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
10.0
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6.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-6560
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The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
Vendor statements for CVE-2008-6560
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Red Hat 2009-08-04Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. The misbehaviour of CMAN is triggered by corrupted / specially crafted cluster.conf configuration file. Ability to edit this file is restricted to system administrator, therefore no privilege boundary is crossed.
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49832
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468966
Vendor Advisory
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http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cluster.git?p=cluster.git;a=commitdiff;h=67fee9128e54c6c3fc3eae306b5b501f3029c3be
Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.html
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.html
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http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.html
Vendor Advisory
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.03.04-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.03.03-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.03.07-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.03.05-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*