GLSA 201903-01: Keepalived: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Keepalived: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	03/10/2019
Bugs:	#670856
ID:	201903-01

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Keepalived, the worst of which could allow an attacker to cause Denial of Service condition.

Background

Keepalived is a strong & robust keepalive facility to the Linux Virtual Server project.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
sys-cluster/keepalived	< 2.0.10	>= 2.0.10	All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

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

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Keepalived users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-cluster/keepalived-2.0.10"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201903-01.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.