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GLSA-201903-01 : Keepalived: Multiple vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 122729

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201903-01 (Keepalived: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in keepalived. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition. A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Keepalived users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-cluster/keepalived-2.0.10'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-01

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 122729

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201903-01.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 3/11/2019

Updated: 2/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:keepalived, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19044, CVE-2018-19045, CVE-2018-19046, CVE-2018-19115

GLSA: 201903-01