NASLDB: GLSA-201207-07 : Keepalived: Denial of Service
General
ID: 59899
Name: GLSA-201207-07 : Keepalived: Denial of Service
Summary: Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg
Credits: –
Classification
Risk: –
CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CVSS Temporal Vector: –
Port: 0
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Type: Local
Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201207-07
(Keepalived: Denial of Service)
The ‘pidfile_write()’ function in pidfile.c in Keepalived writes PID
files with insecure permissions.
Impact :
A local attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service of arbitrary
processes.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Exploiting
Exploit Available: –
Exploitability Ease: –
Sources
CVE: CVE-2011-1784
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –
Timeline
Vulnerability Disclosure: –
Patch Release: 2012/07/09
Plugin Release: 2012/07/10
Plugin
Version: 1.1
Filename: gentoo_GLSA-201207-07.nasl
Filesize: 3103 bytes
MD5 Hash: 26c3b14369bef990c740fb6fb983325c
Identification: Host/local_checks_enabled
Require Keys: Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Dependencies: "ssh_get_info.nasl"
Copyright: This script is Copyright© 2012 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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