Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 15, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-4580

Description

fence_manual, as used in fence 2.02.00-r1 and possibly cman, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the fence_manual.fifo temporary file.

Affected products

Gentoo/Cman
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:cman:2.02.00:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Gentoo/Fence
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:fence:2.02.00:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/1nvd
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45953nvd

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