CVE-2008-4579
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4559)
- Published
- October 15, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4559 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gentoo / cman
- gentoo / fence
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32387
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32390
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36530
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43362
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1341.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0266.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31904
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0419
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=467386
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10799
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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