CVE-2008-4579
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-10-15 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:24
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32387
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/32390
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/36530
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/43362
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1341.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31904
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467386
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10799
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32387
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/32390
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36530
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/43362
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1341.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31904
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467386
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10799
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html
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