CVE-2018-16877
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 18, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:44 AM UTC
9 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
A flaw was found in the way pacemaker's client-server authentication was implemented in versions up to and including 2.0.0. A local attacker could use this flaw, and combine it with other IPC weaknesses, to achieve local privilege escalation.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00034.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1278
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1279
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16877
References (13)
Vendor AdvisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00012.htmlVendor AdvisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00034.htmlVendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1278Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1279Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16877PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ClusterLabs/pacemaker/pull/1749Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00007.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287NVD-CWE-noinfo
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