CVE-2008-4192 (GCVE-0-2008-4192)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-29 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:08
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2008-09-18 00:00
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