GLSA 201710-08: Pacemaker: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Pacemaker: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/08/2017
Bugs:	#546550, #599194
ID:	201710-08

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Pacemaker, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Pacemaker is an Open Source, High Availability resource manager suitable for both small and large clusters.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
sys-cluster/pacemaker	< 1.1.16	>= 1.1.16	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

A remote attacker could execute arbitrary code or a local attacker could escalate privileges.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Pacemaker users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-cluster/pacemaker-1.1.16 "

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201710-08.xml

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.