CVE-2008-4579

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-10-15
Impact:	Low	What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2008-4579 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	1.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (cman)	ELSA-2009-1341	2009-09-08