SB2019010841 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in keepalived (Alpine package)
Published: January 8, 2019
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19045)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to software sets insecure default permissions (0666) when creating new temporary files upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats. A local user can read potentially sensitive information from temporary files.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.