CVE-2008-4579
N/A
Published: October 15, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorFenceCman
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (14)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1341.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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