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title: "CVE-2008-4192\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-4192

Publication date 29 September 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4192?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| redhat-cluster | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2.20080826-0ubuntu1.3 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| redhat-cluster-suite | 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not affected |
| 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

up priority to low, as it may be possible to DoS the system (eg
overwriting /etc/shadow with garbage data)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4192)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4192)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4192)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4192)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-875-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-875-1)
+ Red Hat Cluster Suite vulnerabilities
+ 18 December 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4192>