Vulnerability in Gentoo Cman
CVE-2008-4580
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Cman — versions 2.02.00
- Gentoo Fence — versions 2.02.00
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/1 (mailing-list)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45953 (vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3 (mailing-list)