Red Hat CMAN 2.03.03-1/2.03.04-1/2.03.05-1/2.03.07-1/2.03.08-1 cluster.conf memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Red Hat CMAN 2.03.03-1/2.03.04-1/2.03.05-1/2.03.07-1/2.03.08-1. This affects an unknown part of the file cluster.conf. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-6560. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Red Hat CMAN 2.03.03-1/2.03.04-1/2.03.05-1/2.03.07-1/2.03.08-1. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file cluster.conf. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in CMAN - The Cluster Manager before 2.03.09-1 on Fedora 9 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and memory corruption) via a cluster.conf file with many lines. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries in realistic uses of the product.

The weakness was shared 03/31/2009 as Bug 468966 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-6560. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34716 (Fedora 9 : cman-2.03.09-1.fc9 / gfs2-utils-2.03.09-1.fc9 / rgmanager-2.03.09-1.fc9 (2008-9458)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195018 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Redhat-Cluster, Redhat-Cluster-Suite Vulnerabilities (USN-875-1)).

Upgrading to version 2.03.03-1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49832), Tenable (34716) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25507†). The entry VDB-47403 is related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 34716
Nessus Name: Fedora 9 : cman-2.03.09-1.fc9 / gfs2-utils-2.03.09-1.fc9 / rgmanager-2.03.09-1.fc9 (2008-9458)
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OpenVAS ID: 66604
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu USN-875-1 (redhat-cluster-suite)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMAN 2.03.03-1

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03/30/2009 +1209 days 🔍
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04/22/2010 +387 days 🔍
03/17/2015 +1790 days 🔍
05/25/2025 +3722 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 468966
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-6560 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-6560
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-47414

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X-Force: 49832
Vulnerability Center: 25507 - CMAN Prior to 2.03.09-1 on RedHat Remote DoS Vulnerability via a Cluster.conf File with Many Lines, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 11:38 PM
Updated: 05/25/2025 11:59 PM
Changes: 03/17/2015 11:38 PM (59), 02/23/2017 10:30 AM (7), 08/09/2021 10:55 AM (4), 08/09/2021 11:01 AM (1), 05/25/2025 11:59 PM (18)
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