VDB-133818 · CVE-2018-16878 · RHSA-2019:1278

Pacemaker up to 2.0.1 Verification resource consumption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pacemaker up to 2.0.1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Verification Handler. The manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-16878. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Pacemaker up to 2.0.1. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Verification Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

A flaw was found in pacemaker up to and including version 2.0.1. An insufficient verification inflicted preference of uncontrolled processes can lead to DoS

The bug was discovered 04/17/2019. The weakness was presented 04/18/2019 with Red Hat as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-16878 since 09/11/2018. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 197435 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Pacemaker Vulnerabilities (USN-3952-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 108036†). See VDB-133817 and VDB-133848 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

Name

Pacemaker

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
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CNA Base Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource consumption
CWE: CWE-400 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

09/11/2018 🔍
04/17/2019 +218 days 🔍
04/17/2019 +0 days 🔍
04/18/2019 +1 days 🔍
04/19/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/04/2023 +1599 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2019:1278
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-16878 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-16878
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-133818
SecurityFocus: 108036 - Pacemaker CVE-2019-3885 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2019 06:42
Updated: 09/04/2023 16:13
Changes: 04/19/2019 06:42 (60), 05/30/2020 18:43 (5), 09/04/2023 16:06 (4), 09/04/2023 16:13 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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