CVE-2008-6560
Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL CMAN Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
March 31, 2009, 2:09 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the affected packages.
- Update the cman, gfs2-utils, and/or rgmanager packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2008-6560.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-6560 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-6560
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2008-6560 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2008-6560 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cluster.git?p=cluster.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=67fee9128e54c6c3fc3eae306b5b501f3029c3be Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.html Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468966 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49832 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cluster.git?p=cluster.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=67fee9128e54c6c3fc3eae306b5b501f3029c3be [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cluster.git?p=cluster.git;a=commitdiff;h=67fee9128e54c6c3fc3eae306b5b501f3029c3be -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49832 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49832 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 31, 2009
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.8
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.99 }} -0.04%
score
0.75898
percentile