# CVE-2008-6560: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-03-31 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49832
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cluster.git?p=cluster.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=67fee9128e54c6c3fc3eae306b5b501f3029c3be
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-875-1
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468966
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.html

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