FKIE_CVE-2008-4579
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-10-15 20:08 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:58
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
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"comment": "The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security\nimpact.\n\nThis issue is addressed in the cman package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5:\nhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1337.html\n\nThis issue also affects the fence package in Red Hat Cluster Suite for Enterprise Linux 4AS, a future update may address this flaw:\nhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-4579",
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