Upstream information

CVE-2015-5189 at MITRE

Description

Race condition in pcsd in PCS 0.9.139 and earlier uses a global variable to validate usernames, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by sending a command that is checked for security after another user is authenticated.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.9
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • pcs >= 0.9.137-13.el7_1.4
  • python-clufter >= 0.9.137-13.el7_1.4
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2015:1700

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Sep 1 16:23:37 2015
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 30 17:17:38 2023