cman/fence: insecure temporary file usage in the egenera fence agent
Published Sep 29, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.71%
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
No data.
No data.
CLuster Suite for RHEL 4
fence-0:1.32.68-5.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2011:0266
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
cman-0:2.0.115-34.el5
Fixed · RHBA-2010:0266
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLuster Suite for RHEL 4 | fence-0:1.32.68-5.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2011:0266 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cman-0:2.0.115-34.el5 | Fixed | RHBA-2010:0266 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 51.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 48.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00131) | 30.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496410 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/cman x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31887 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32387 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32390 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43362 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30898 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4192 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460476 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44845 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4192
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4192
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
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