CVE-2016-7035

Description

An authorization flaw was found in Pacemaker before 1.1.16, where it did not properly guard its IPC interface. An attacker with an unprivileged account on a Pacemaker node could use this flaw to, for example, force the Local Resource Manager daemon to execute a script as root and thereby gain root access on the machine.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.11%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory clusterlabs.org
Affected: ClusterLabs pacemaker
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7035 issue tracking third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2614.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-08 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/03/5 third party advisory mailing list
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2675.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.clusterlabs.org/pipermail/users/2016-November/004432.html mailing list vendor advisory
https://github.com/ClusterLabs/pacemaker/commit/5d71e65049 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94214 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-7035?
CVE-2016-7035 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-7035?
To fix CVE-2016-7035, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-7035 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-7035 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2016-7035?
CVE-2016-7035 affects ClusterLabs pacemaker.
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