Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-6560
CVE-2008-6560
Description
Buffer overflow in CMAN - The Cluster Manager before 2.03.09-1 on Fedora 9 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and memory corruption) via a cluster.conf file with many lines. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries in realistic uses of the product.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.03.08-1
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.03.03-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.03.04-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.03.05-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.03.07-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <2.03.09-1
Patches
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References
7- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdVendor Advisory
- git.fedorahosted.org/git/cluster.gitnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.htmlnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49832nvd
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