CVE-2016-7797

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-02-22
Bugzilla:
1379784: CVE-2016-7797 pacemaker: pacemaker remote nodes vulnerable to hijacking, resulting in a DoS attack
It was found that the connection between a pacemaker cluster and a pacemaker_remote node could be shut down using a new unauthenticated connection. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service.

Find out more about CVE-2016-7797 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 7.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 8.6
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (pacemaker) RHSA-2016:2578 2016-11-03

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 pacemaker Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Alain Moulle (ATOS/BULL) for reporting this issue.

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