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CVE-2018-19044
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-11-08T20:29:00.323 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:48:41.027

Summary

keepalived 2.0.8 didn't check for pathnames with symlinks when writing data to a temporary file upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats. This allowed local users to overwrite arbitrary files if fs.protected_symlinks is set to 0, as demonstrated by a symlink from /tmp/keepalived.data or /tmp/keepalived.stats to /etc/passwd.

Affected products

keepalived — keepalived

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References

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