CVE-2008-6560
highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.023 · 83 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–7.8
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affected products (6)
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also known as (2)
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references (14)
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- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cluster.git?p=cluster.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=67fee9128e54c6c3fc3eae306b5b501f3029c3beenisa_euvd
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468966enisa_euvd
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49832enisa_euvd
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cluster.git?p=cluster.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=67fee9128e54c6c3fc3eae306b5b501f3029c3benvd
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