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Amazon Linux 2 : pacemaker (ALAS-2019-1275)

high Nessus Plugin ID 128289

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

A flaw was found in pacemaker. An insufficient verification inflicted preference of uncontrolled processes can lead to DoS. (CVE-2018-16878)

A use-after-free flaw was found in pacemaker which could result in certain sensitive information to be leaked via the system logs.
(CVE-2019-3885)

A flaw was found in the way pacemaker's client-server authentication was implemented. A local attacker could use this flaw, and combine it with other IPC weaknesses, to achieve local privilege escalation.
(CVE-2018-16877)

Solution

Run 'yum update pacemaker' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2019-1275.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128289

File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1275.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/28/2019

Updated: 5/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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:amazon:linux:pacemaker-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pacemaker, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pacemaker-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pacemaker-libs-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pacemaker-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pacemaker-cluster-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pacemaker-remote, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pacemaker-nagios-plugins-metadata, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pacemaker-cts, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:pacemaker-cli

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2019

Reference Information

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

ALAS: 2019-1275