7.8high

CVE-2008-6560

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…

Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.8
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.3%
percentile 83%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.31% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/49832 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • git.fedorahosted.org /git/cluster.git?p=cluster.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=67fee9128e54c6c3fc3eae306b5b501f3029c3be · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-875-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=468966 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred

Sources

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