CVE-2018-19046

MEDIUM

keepalived 2.0.8 - Exposure of Sensitive Information via Temporary File Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

keepalived 2.0.8 didn't check for existing plain files when writing data to a temporary file upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats. If a local attacker had previously created a file with the expected name (e.g., /tmp/keepalived.data or /tmp/keepalived.stats), with read access for the attacker and write access for the keepalived process, then this potentially leaked sensitive information.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-01
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015141
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/acassen/keepalived/issues/1048

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0037
EPSS Percentile 28.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (1)
keepalived/keepalived 2.0.8
Published Nov 08, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026