Oracle Linux 8 : pacemaker (ELSA-2019-1279)

high Nessus Plugin ID 127588

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2019:1279 :

An update for pacemaker is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The Pacemaker cluster resource manager is a collection of technologies working together to maintain data integrity and application availability in the event of failures.

Security Fix(es) :

* pacemaker: Insufficient local IPC client-server authentication on the client's side can lead to local privesc (CVE-2018-16877)

* pacemaker: Insufficient verification inflicted preference of uncontrolled processes can lead to DoS (CVE-2018-16878)

* pacemaker: Information disclosure through use-after-free (CVE-2019-3885)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es) :

* Interrupted live migration will get full start rather than completed migration (BZ#1695247)

Solution

Update the affected pacemaker packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2019-August/008976.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127588

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-1279.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 5/19/2022

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3885

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16877

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pacemaker-cluster-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pacemaker-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:pacemaker-schemas, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16877, CVE-2018-16878, CVE-2019-3885

RHSA: 2019:1279