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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-4192

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.
Publish Date : 2008-09-29 Last Update Date : 2017-08-07
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
6.9
Confidentiality Impact Complete (There is total information disclosure, resulting in all system files being revealed.)
Integrity Impact Complete (There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the entire system being compromised.)
Availability Impact Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access Admin
Vulnerability Type(s)
CWE ID 59

- Vendor Statements

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-4192 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
Source: Redhat

- Additional Vendor Supplied Data

Vendor Impact CVSS Score CVSS Vector Report Date Publish Date
Redhat low
1.2
 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 2008-08-26 2008-08-24
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- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
RHBA-2010:0266: cman bug fix and enhancement update (None) oval:com.redhat.rhba:def:20100266 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2008-4192

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application Redhat Cman 2.20080629 Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 Application Redhat Cman 2.20080801 Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Redhat Cman 2

- References For CVE-2008-4192

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html
FEDORA FEDORA-2008-9042
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44845
XF cman-fenceegenera-symlink(44845)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/2
MLIST [oss-security] 20080923 Re: CVE Request (openswan, emacspeak, cman)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460476 CONFIRM
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419
VUPEN ADV-2011-0419
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30898
BID 30898 cman 'fence_egenera' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability Release Date:2009-12-18
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
UBUNTU USN-875-1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html
REDHAT RHSA-2011:0266
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
MLIST [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/3
MLIST [oss-security] 20080918 CVE Request (openswan, emacspeak, cman)
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496410 CONFIRM
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/cman CONFIRM

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2008-4192

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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