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Scientific Linux Security Update : pacemaker on SL7.x x86_64 (20161103)

high Nessus Plugin ID 95852

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Synopsis

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

Description

Security Fix(es) :

 - An authorization flaw was found in Pacemaker, where it did not properly guard its IPC interface. An attacker with an unprivileged account on a Pacemaker node could use this flaw to, for example, force the Local Resource Manager daemon to execute a script as root and thereby gain root access on the machine. (CVE-2016-7035)

Bug Fix(es) :

 - The version of Pacemaker in Scientific Linux 7.3 incorporated an increase in the version number of the remote node protocol. Consequently, cluster nodes running Pacemaker in Scientific Linux 7.3 and remote nodes running earlier versions of Scientific Linux were not able to communicate with each other unless special precautions were taken. This update preserves the rolling upgrade capability.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a90da07d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 95852

File Name: sl_20161103_pacemaker_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/15/2016

Updated: 1/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7035

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pacemaker-nagios-plugins-metadata, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pacemaker-cli, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pacemaker-doc, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pacemaker, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pacemaker-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pacemaker-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pacemaker-remote, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pacemaker-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pacemaker-cluster-libs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:pacemaker-cts

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7035