Red Hat cman 2.20080629/2.20080801 pserver_shutdown link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Red Hat cman 2.20080629/2.20080801. This vulnerability affects the function pserver_shutdown. Such manipulation leads to link following. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4192. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat cman 2.20080629/2.20080801. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function pserver_shutdown. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The pserver_shutdown function in fence_egenera in cman 2.20080629 and 2.20080801 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/eglog temporary file.

The bug was discovered 08/24/2008. The weakness was shared 09/29/2008 (Website). The advisory is available at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4192 since 09/23/2008. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 36 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34482 (Fedora 9 : cman-2.03.08-1.fc9 / gfs2-utils-2.03.08-1.fc9 / rgmanager-2.03.08-1.fc9 (2008-9042)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. 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 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44845), Tenable (34482), SecurityFocus (BID 30898†), OSVDB (48268†) and Secunia (SA31887†). The entries VDB-4374 and VDB-44547 are 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: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 34482
Nessus Name: Fedora 9 : cman-2.03.08-1.fc9 / gfs2-utils-2.03.08-1.fc9 / rgmanager-2.03.08-1.fc9 (2008-9042)
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OpenVAS ID: 860622
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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08/28/2008 +4 days 🔍
09/23/2008 +26 days 🔍
09/29/2008 +6 days 🔍
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08/20/2019 +1617 days 🔍

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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: redhat.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-4192 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4192
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44234

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X-Force: 44845
SecurityFocus: 30898 - cman 'fence_egenera' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Secunia: 31887
OSVDB: 48268 - CVE-2008-4192 - cman - Insecure Temporary File Creation Issue
Vulnerability Center: 19871 - RedHat Cluster Suite Cman pserver_shutdown Vulnerability Allows Local File Overwrite, Low
Vupen: ADV-2011-0419

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/20/2019 08:12
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (75), 08/20/2019 08:12 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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