Resource exhaustion in Clusterlabs Pacemaker
CVE-2018-16878
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
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.004 (35.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Clusterlabs Pacemaker — versions affects up to and including version 2.0.1
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04, 18.04, 18.10
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 28, 29, 30
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.0, 42.3
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 8.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_aus — versions 8.2, 8.4, 8.6
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_eus — versions 8.1, 8.2, 8.4
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_tus — versions 8.2, 8.4, 8.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-16878?
- CVE-2018-16878 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Clusterlabs Pacemaker, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-04-18.
- How severe is CVE-2018-16878?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-16878 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.