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GLSA-201009-09 : fence: Multiple symlink vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 49732

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201009-09 (fence: Multiple symlink vulnerabilities)

 The fence_apc, fence_apc_snmp (CVE-2008-4579) and fence_manual (CVE-2008-4580) programs contain symlink vulnerabilities.
 Impact :

 These vulnerabilities may allow arbitrary files to be overwritten with root privileges.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

Gentoo discontinued support for fence. All fence users should uninstall and choose another software that provides the same functionality.
 # emerge --unmerge sys-cluster/fence

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201009-09

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49732

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201009-09.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 10/6/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:fence, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4579, CVE-2008-4580

BID: 31904, 37416

CWE: 59

GLSA: 201009-09