openSUSE Security Update : keepalived (openSUSE-2018-1575)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 119854
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VPR Score: 3.6
Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
This update for keepalived to version 2.0.10 fixes the following issues :Security issues fixed (bsc#1015141) :
- CVE-2018-19044: Fixed a check for pathnames with symlinks when writing data to a temporary file upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats
- CVE-2018-19045: Fixed mode when creating new temporary files upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats
- CVE-2018-19046: Fixed a check for existing plain files when writing data to a temporary file upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats
Non-security issues fixed :
- Replace references to /var/adm/fillup-templates with new %_fillupdir macro (boo#1069468)
- Use getaddrinfo instead of gethostbyname to workaround glibc gethostbyname function buffer overflow (bsc#949238)
For the full list of changes refer to:
http://www.keepalived.org/changelog.html
Solution
Update the affected keepalived packages.See Also
http://www.keepalived.org/changelog.html
https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1015141
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 119854
File Name: openSUSE-2018-1575.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 12/24/2018
Updated: 1/19/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
Risk Factor: Medium
VPR Score: 3.6
CVSS v2.0
Base Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3.0
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:keepalived, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:keepalived-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:keepalived-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 12/21/2018