CVE-2008-6552

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2008-10-31
CWE:
CWE-377
Bugzilla:
519436: CVE-2008-6552 cman, gfs2-utils, rgmanager: multiple insecure temporary file use issues

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Red Hat Cluster Project 2.x allows local users to modify or overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on files in /tmp, involving unspecified components in Resource Group Manager (aka rgmanager) before 2.03.09-1, gfs2-utils before 2.03.09-1, and CMAN - The Cluster Manager before 2.03.09-1 on Fedora 9.

Find out more about CVE-2008-6552 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.4
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Complete

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Clustering (v. 5 server) (rgmanager) RHSA-2009:1339 2009-09-02
Red Hat Cluster Suite 4AS (ccs) RHSA-2011:0265 2011-02-16
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (gfs2-utils) RHSA-2009:1337 2009-09-02
Red Hat Cluster Suite 4AS (rgmanager) RHSA-2011:0264 2011-02-16
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (cman) RHSA-2009:1341 2009-09-02

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