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CVE-2008-6560

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6560 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in CMAN (The Cluster Manager) versions prior to 2.03.09-1, affecting Fedora 9 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a denial of service, characterized by high CPU consumption and memory corruption, by providing a malformed cluster.conf file with numerous lines. With a CVSS score of 7.8, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its network-based attack vector and complete availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available, and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.03.08-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.03.03-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.03.03-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.03.04-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.03.04-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.03.05-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.03.05-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.03.07-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cman:2.03.07-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0231 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-6560

CVE-2008-6560

References

git.fedorahosted.org / git/cluster.git
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/49832
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.html
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-875-1