Improper Access Control Affecting pacemaker-libs package, versions <0:1.1.23-1.el7_9.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PACEMAKERLIBS-8014181
  • published17 Sept 2024
  • disclosed27 Oct 2020

Introduced: 27 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-25654  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 pacemaker-libs to version 0:1.1.23-1.el7_9.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:5453.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pacemaker-libs package and not the pacemaker-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An ACL bypass flaw was found in pacemaker. An attacker having a local account on the cluster and in the haclient group could use IPC communication with various daemons directly to perform certain tasks that they would be prevented by ACLs from doing if they went through the configuration.

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