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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-15 High: Pacemaker Root Escalation Risks

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws identified in Gentoo's Pacemaker may result in elevation of root privileges. Users are advised to perform upgrades promptly.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Pacemaker, the worst of which could result in root privilege escalation.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pacemaker. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo privilege escalation pacemaker

Resolution

All Pacemaker users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-cluster/pacemaker-2.0.5_rc2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-16877 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16877 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-16878 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16878 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-3885 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3885 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-25654 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25654

Availability

for both small and large clusters.
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-09
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Concerns

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.

Severity: High
Title: Pacemaker: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: September 29, 2023
Bugs: #711674, #751430
ID: 202309-09

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo privilege escalation pacemaker

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Pacemaker, the worst of which could result in root privilege escalation.

Background

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected --------------------- ------------ ------------ sys-cluster/pacemaker < 2.0.5_rc2 >= 2.0.5_rc2

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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