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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71569
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201207-07 (keepalived)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 201207-07.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 201207-07.

Vulnerability Insight:
Keepalived uses world-writable PID files, allowing a local attacker
to kill arbitrary processes.

Solution:
All Keepalived users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
'>=sys-cluster/keepalived-1.2.2-r3'

CVSS Score:
3.6

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1784
44460
http://secunia.com/advisories/44460
47859
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47859
72380
http://www.osvdb.org/72380
[debian-security] 20110510 Re: World writable pid and lock files.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00013.html
[debian-security] 20110510 World writable pid and lock files.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00012.html
[debian-security] 20110511 Re: World writable pid and lock files.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2011/05/msg00018.html
[oss-security] 20110510 CVE request: keepalived pid file permissions issue
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/5
[oss-security] 20110516 Re: CVE request: keepalived pid file permissions issue
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/16/7
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=626281
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704039
keepalived-pid-dos(67477)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67477
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