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.
Published: 2008-09-29
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4175 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-875-1 Red Hat Cluster Suite vulnerabilities
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Redhat Cman Enterprise Linux Rhel Cluster
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:08:34.854Z

Reserved: 2008-09-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4192

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-09-29T17:17:29.157

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-4192

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4192 - Bugzilla

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