CVE-2008-4313

Summary

CVECVE-2008-4313
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-27 00:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionA certain Red Hat patch for tog-pegasus in OpenGroup Pegasus 2.7.0 does not properly configure the PAM tty name, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and send requests to OpenPegasus WBEM services.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openpegasus Openpegasus Wbem 2.7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 All client All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenPegasus 'access.conf' Security Settings Can Be Bypassed - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tog-pegasus-2.7.1-3.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 admin.fedoraproject.org Patch
admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/tog-pegasus-2.7.0-7.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 admin.fedoraproject.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Red Hat update for tog-pegasus - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/50277 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
459217 – (CVE-2008-4313) CVE-2008-4313 tog-pegasus: WBEM services access not restricted to dedicated user after 2.7.0 rebase af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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