Vulnerability in Keepalived
CVE-2021-44225
In Keepalived through 2.2.4, the D-Bus policy does not sufficiently restrict the message destination, allowing any user to inspect and manipulate any property. This leads to access-control bypass in some situations in which an unrelated D-Bus system service has a settable (writable) property
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (64.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Keepalived
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 34, 35
References
- github.com/acassen/keepalived/pull/2063 (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/acassen/keepalived/commit/7977fec0be89ae6fe87405b3f8da2f0b5e415e3d (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00012.html (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-44225?
- CVE-2021-44225 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Keepalived. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-11-26.
- How severe is CVE-2021-44225?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.