Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 29, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-4192
CVE-2008-4192
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.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
18- secunia.com/advisories/31887nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32387nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/32390nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/43362nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/cmannvd
- uvw.ru/report.lenny.txtnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/3nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/2nvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30898nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1nvd
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44845nvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.htmlnvd
News mentions
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