Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-4579 First vendor Publication 2008-10-15
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-02-13

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 1.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4579

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10799
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10799
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-4579
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for cman CESA-2009:1341 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2009_1341_cman_centos5_i386.nasl
2011-03-09 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201009-09 (fence)
File : nvt/glsa_201009_09.nasl
2009-12-30 Name : Ubuntu USN-875-1 (redhat-cluster-suite)
File : nvt/ubuntu_875_1.nasl
2009-09-21 Name : CentOS Security Advisory CESA-2009:1341 (cman)
File : nvt/ovcesa2009_1341.nasl
2009-09-09 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1341
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_1341.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for cman FEDORA-2008-9042
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9042_cman_fc9.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for gfs2-utils FEDORA-2008-9042
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9042_gfs2-utils_fc9.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for rgmanager FEDORA-2008-9042
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9042_rgmanager_fc9.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for cman FEDORA-2008-9458
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9458_cman_fc9.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for gfs2-utils FEDORA-2008-9458
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9458_gfs2-utils_fc9.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for rgmanager FEDORA-2008-9458
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_9458_rgmanager_fc9.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
50047 fence fence_apc_snmp apclog Temporary File Symlink Arbitrary File Modification
50046 fence fence_apc apclog Temporary File Symlink Arbitrary File Modification

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-1341.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090902_cman_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20110216_fence_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-10-06 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201009-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-1341.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-12-21 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-875-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-10-24 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.
File : fedora_2008-9042.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31904
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467386
FEDORA https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666...
MISC http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1341.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/32387
http://secunia.com/advisories/32390
http://secunia.com/advisories/36530
http://secunia.com/advisories/43362
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419

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