Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2018190440000000
Revision Date:2018-11-08Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-19044 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
Description:keepalived 2.0.8 didn't check for pathnames with symlinks when writing data to a temporary file upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats. This allowed local users to overwrite arbitrary files if fs.protected_symlinks is set to 0, as demonstrated by a symlink from /tmp/keepalived.data or /tmp/keepalived.stats to /etc/passwd.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-19044
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND keepalived package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
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