Cluster Project unspecified privilege escalation
| clusterproject-unspecified-priv-escalation (46412) |  High Risk |
Description:
Cluster Project could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by the use of insecure temporary files by unspecified scripts from the CMAN, rgmanager, and gfs2 components. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform arbitrary tasks with elevated privileges.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.6 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3.4 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Cluster Project (2.03.09 or later), available from the Cluster Web page. See References.
References:
- Cluster Web page: Cluster3.
- fedora-package-announce Mailing List, Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:55:52 +0000: [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: rgmanager-2.03.09-1.fc9.
- fedora-package-announce Mailing List, Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:55:52 +0000: [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: gfs2-utils-2.03.09-1.fc9.
- fedora-package-announce Mailing List, Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:55:52 +0000: [SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: cman-2.03.09-1.fc9.
- BID-32179: cluster Multiple Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-6552: Red Hat Cluster Project 2.x allows local users to modify or overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on files in /tmp, involving unspecified components in Resource Group Manager (aka rgmanager) before 2.03.09-1, gfs2-utils before 2.03.09-1, and CMAN - The Cluster Manager before 2.03.09-1 on Fedora 9.
- OSVDB ID: 50299: Cluster Project CMAN Unspecified Temporary Files Privilege Escalation
- OSVDB ID: 50300: Cluster Project rgmanager Unspecified Temporary Files Privilege Escalation
- OSVDB ID: 50301: Cluster Project gfs2 Unspecified Temporary Files Privilege Escalation
- RHSA-2009-1337: Low: gfs2-utils security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2009-1339: Low: rgmanager security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2009-1341: Low: cman security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2011-0264: Low: rgmanager security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2011-0265: Low: ccs security update
- SA32602: Cluster Project Unspecified Insecure Temporary Files
- USN-875-1: Red Hat Cluster Suite vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.10
- Fedoraproject Fedora 9
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.0
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.00.00
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.01.00
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.02.00
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.03.00
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.03.01
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.03.03
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.03.04
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.03.05
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.03.08
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.03.09
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.03.10
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.03.11
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.03.7
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.00
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.01
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.02
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.03
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.04
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.05
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.06
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.07
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.08
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.09
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.10
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.11
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.12
- RedHat Cluster Project 2.99.13
- RedHat CMAN 2.03.03-1
- RedHat CMAN 2.03.04-1
- RedHat CMAN 2.03.05-1
- RedHat CMAN 2.03.07-1
- RedHat CMAN 2.03.08-1
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat Gfs2-Utils 2.03.03-1
- RedHat Gfs2-Utils 2.03.04-1
- RedHat Gfs2-Utils 2.03.05-1
- RedHat Gfs2-Utils 2.03.07-1
- RedHat Gfs2-Utils 22.03.08-1
- RedHat Rgmanager 2.03.03-1
- RedHat Rgmanager 2.03.04-1
- RedHat Rgmanager 2.03.05-1
- RedHat Rgmanager 2.03.07-1
- RedHat Rgmanager 2.03.08-1
- RedHat RHEL Cluster 4
- RedHat RHEL Cluster 5
Reported:
Nov 07, 2008
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