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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2017.2692
Pacemaker vulnerabilities
25 October 2017
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: pacemaker
Publisher: Ubuntu
Operating System: Ubuntu
Impact/Access: Root Compromise -- Existing Account
Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2016-7797 CVE-2016-7035
Reference: ESB-2016.2796
ESB-2016.2684
ESB-2016.2633
ESB-2016.2596
Original Bulletin:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3462-1
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USN-3462-1: Pacemaker vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3462-1
24th October, 2017
pacemaker vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Pacemaker.
Software description
pacemaker - Cluster resource manager
Details
Jan Pokorný and Alain Moulle discovered that Pacemaker incorrectly handled
the IPC interface. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code with root privileges. (CVE-2016-7035)
Alain Moulle discovered that Pacemaker incorrectly handled authentication.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to shut down connections,
leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2016-7797)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
pacemaker 1.1.14-2ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
pacemaker 1.1.10+git20130802-1ubuntu2.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2016-7035, CVE-2016-7797
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