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Unscored CVE-2018-19046 EUVD-2018-10764GHSA-fjwx-29fr-83hw

keepalived 2.0.8 didn't check for existing plain files when writing data to a temporary file upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats. If a l…

Published Nov 8, 2018 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

keepalived 2.0.8 didn't check for existing plain files when writing data to a temporary file upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats. If a local attacker had previously created a file with the expected name (e.g., /tmp/keepalived.data or /tmp/keepalived.stats), with read access for the attacker and write access for the keepalived process, then this potentially leaked sensitive information.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 keepalived 1:2.0.10-1 —
Debian 13 keepalived 1:2.0.10-1 —
Debian 12 keepalived 1:2.0.10-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS keepalived No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP1 keepalived 2.0.19-3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2020:0779-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed keepalived 2.2.2-4.2 openSUSE-SU-2024:10893-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.18 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.17 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.16 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.15 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.14 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.13 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.12 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.11 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.10 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.9 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —
Alpine v3.8 keepalived 2.0.11-r0 —

Advisories 2

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