CVE-2008-4580

Impact

fence_manual, as used in fence 2.02.00-r1 and possibly cman, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the fence_manual.fifo temporary file.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45953
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45953