cman/fence: insecure temporary file usage in the apc fence agents
Published Oct 15, 2008
1.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
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.
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-0:2.0.115-1.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1341
| 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-0:2.0.115-1.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1341 |
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:N/I:P/A:N
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 3, 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 3, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00352) | 26.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00341) | 25.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00052) | 13.23th | 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 (17)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32387 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32390 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36530 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43362 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1341.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31904 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_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4579 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467386 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4579
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10799 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4579
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
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