pacemaker: Insufficient verification inflicted preference of uncontrolled processes can lead to DoS
Published Apr 18, 2019
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.42%
Description
A flaw was found in pacemaker up to and including version 2.0.1. An insufficient verification inflicted preference of uncontrolled processes can lead to DoS
Affected products
-
- Version affects up to and including version 2.0.1StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ClusterLabs | Pacemaker | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
- ≤ 2.0.1
Configuration 2
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 18.10
- 19.04
Configuration 3
- 28
- 29
- 30
Configuration 4
- 9.0
Configuration 6
- 8.0
- 8.2
- 8.4
- 8.6
- 8.1
- 8.2
- 8.4
- 8.6
- 8.2
- 8.4
- 8.6
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
pacemaker-0:1.1.19-8.el7_6.5
Fixed · RHSA-2019:1278
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
pacemaker-0:2.0.1-4.el8_0.3
Fixed · RHSA-2019:1279
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
pacemaker
Will not fix
Red Hat Storage 3
pacemaker
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | pacemaker-0:1.1.19-8.el7_6.5 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:1278 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | pacemaker-0:2.0.1-4.el8_0.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:1279 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | pacemaker | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 3 | pacemaker | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00421) | 34.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00438) | 34.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.02% (0.00023) | 3.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 30.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 26.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 14.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 12.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 2.68% (0.02678) | 55.40th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 2.68% (0.02678) | 54.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 2.68% (0.02678) | 79.35th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 2.68% (0.02678) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (17)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00012.html vendor-advisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00034.html vendor-advisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108039 vdb-entryBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1278 vendor-advisoryThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1279 vendor-advisoryThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16878 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1657962 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16878 Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ClusterLabs/pacemaker/pull/1749 PatchThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00007.html mailing-listMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3GCWFO7GL6MBU6C4BGFO3P6L77DIBBF3/ vendor-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FY4M4RMIG2POKC6OOFQODGKPRYXHET2F/ vendor-advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HR6QUYGML735EI3HEEHYRDW7EG73BUH2/ vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16878
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-09 vendor-advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3952-1/ vendor-advisoryThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16878
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