cman/fence: insecure temporary file usage in the manual fence agent
Published Oct 15, 2008
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
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
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Manual fencing agent is documented to only be provided for testing purposes and should not be used in production environments. Therefore, there is no plan to fix this flaw in Red Hat Cluster Suite for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, and in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
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:L/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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00363) | 27.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00363) | 27.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00025) | 4.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 31.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 40.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4580 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467387 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45953 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4580
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4580
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4580 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467387 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45953 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4580 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4580 |
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