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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : keepalived vulnerability (USN-3995-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 125544

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

USN-3995-1 fixed a vulnerability in keepalived. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details :

It was discovered that Keepalived incorrectly handled certain HTTP status response codes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Keepalived to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected keepalived package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3995-2/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 125544

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3995-2.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/29/2019

Updated: 1/17/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:keepalived, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19115

USN: 3995-2