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: 0.000 (6.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Clusterlabs Pacemaker — versions affects up to and including version 2.0.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- github.com/ClusterLabs/pacemaker/pull/1749
- 108039 (vdb-entry)
- USN-3952-1 (vendor-advisory)
- FEDORA-2019-e4c8de3fb7 (vendor-advisory)
- FEDORA-2019-e71f6f36ac (vendor-advisory)
- FEDORA-2019-b502250ba4 (vendor-advisory)
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1342 (vendor-advisory)
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1400 (vendor-advisory)
- RHSA-2019:1278 (vendor-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: 6.2/10. Published 2019-04-18.
- How severe is CVE-2018-16878?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 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.