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
Published Mar 31, 2009
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.31%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. The misbehaviour of CMAN is triggered by corrupted / specially crafted cluster.conf configuration file. Ability to edit this file is restricted to system administrator, therefore no privilege boundary is crossed.
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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 2, 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 2, 2026 | 2.31% (0.02314) | 82.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.31% (0.02314) | 81.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.03% (0.01032) | 75.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.91% (0.00909) | 83.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.87% (0.00870) | 82.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 29, 2023 | 0.87% (0.00870) | 80.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.97% (0.00971) | 81.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cluster.git?p=cluster.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=67fee9128e54c6c3fc3eae306b5b501f3029c3be x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-6560 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468966 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49832 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6560
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6560
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cluster.git?p=cluster.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=67fee9128e54c6c3fc3eae306b5b501f3029c3be | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-6560 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468966 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49832 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6560 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6560 |
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