CVE-2008-6552 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published 30 Mar 2009 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks in Red Hat Cluster Project components, potentially compromising system integrity.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2008-6552?

CVE-2008-6552 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 30 Mar 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6552?

It affects 5 products.

Linux distribution packages (9)

`gfs2-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	All versions	`0:0.1.62-1.el5`
`gfs2-utils-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client	All versions	`0:0.1.62-1.el5`
`gfs2-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	All versions	`0:0.1.62-1.el5`
`gfs2-utils-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server	All versions	`0:0.1.62-1.el5`
`ccs` Red Hat:rhel_cluster:4	All versions	`0:1.0.13-2`
`ccs-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_cluster:4	All versions	`0:1.0.13-2`
`ccs-devel` Red Hat:rhel_cluster:4	All versions	`0:1.0.13-2`
`rgmanager` Red Hat:rhel_cluster:5	All versions	`0:2.0.52-1.el5`
`rgmanager-debuginfo` Red Hat:rhel_cluster:5	All versions	`0:2.0.52-1.el5`

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Redhat Cluster Project, Redhat Cman, Redhat Gfs2-Utils, Redhat Rgmanager.

How do I fix CVE-2008-6552?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2008-6552 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-6552 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-mmp4-x7mg-mw3w, RHSA-2009:1337, RHSA-2009:1339, RHSA-2011:0265.