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Posted on 10 March 2019
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201903-01
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Severity: Normal
Title: Keepalived: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 10, 2019
Bugs: #670856
ID: 201903-01
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Keepalived, the worst of
which could allow an attacker to cause Denial of Service condition.
Background
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Keepalived is a strong & robust keepalive facility to the Linux Virtual
Server project.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-cluster/keepalived < 2.0.10 >= 2.0.10
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in keepalived. Please
review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
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A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request possibly
resulting in a Denial of Service condition. A local attacker could
perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the
privileges of the user running the application.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Keepalived users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-cluster/keepalived-2.0.10"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2018-19044
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19044
[ 2 ] CVE-2018-19045
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19045
[ 3 ] CVE-2018-19046
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19046
[ 4 ] CVE-2018-19115
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19115
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-01
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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