CVE-2008-4192

N/A Unknown

Published: September 29, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496410

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/cman

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/31887

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32387

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/32390

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/43362

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/3

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30898

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460476

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44845

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496410