Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Pacemaker vulnerabilities (USN-3952-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 124274

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3952-1 advisory.

Jan Pokorn discovered that Pacemaker incorrectly handled client-server authentication. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate privileges. (CVE-2018-16877)

Jan Pokorn discovered that Pacemaker incorrectly handled certain verifications. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-16878)

Jan Pokorn discovered that Pacemaker incorrectly handled certain memory operations. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information in log outputs. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.10, and Ubuntu 19.04. (CVE-2019-3885)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3952-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 124274

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3952-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/24/2019

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrmcommon3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstonithd-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrmservice-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrmcluster4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrmcluster-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrmservice3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcrmcommon-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpe-status10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pacemaker-remote, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpengine-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblrmd1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpe-rules2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pacemaker-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pacemaker, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcib-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtransitioner2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pacemaker-resource-agents, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:pacemaker-cli-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcib4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:liblrmd-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpengine10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libstonithd2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2019

Reference Information

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

USN: 3952-1