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CVE-2008-6560

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 2.31%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-03-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-6560
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
2.31%
Linux

Original NVD 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.