CVE-2008-4579 Information

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.

Reference

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/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10799 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00666.html