CVE-2008-4579

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

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.

Affected products

gentoo Cman: 2.02.00-r1
gentoo Fence: 2.02.00-r1

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

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