Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : keepalived (MDVSA-2013:096)

low Nessus Plugin ID 66108

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated keepalived package fixes security vulnerability :

The pidfile_write function in core/pidfile.c in keepalived 1.2.2 and earlier uses 0666 permissions for the (1) keepalived.pid, (2) checkers.pid, and (3) vrrp.pid files in /var/run/, which allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by writing a PID to one of these files (CVE-2011-1784).

A security issue due to syslog being used inside of sighandlers has also been fixed.

Finally, keepalived was failing to load the ip_vs kernel module because of an incorrect modprobe option. This has also been corrected.

Solution

Update the affected keepalived package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 66108

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-096.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 4/20/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:keepalived

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1784

BID: 47859

MDVSA: 2013:096

MGASA: 2012-0188

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