CVE-2008-4313
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.0EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD
A certain Red Hat patch for tog-pegasus in OpenGroup Pegasus 2.7.0 does not properly configure the PAM tty name, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and send requests to OpenPegasus WBEM services.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 1.4% (73th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4294)
- Published
- November 27, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4294 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openpegasus / openpegasus wbem
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
References
- http://osvdb.org/50277
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32862(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1001.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32460
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021283
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tog-pegasus-2.7.0-7.fc9
- https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tog-pegasus-2.7.1-3.fc10(Patch)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459217
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46829
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9556
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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