Upstream information

CVE-2015-5189 at MITRE

Description

Race condition in pcsd in PCS 0.9.139 and earlier uses a global variable to validate usernames, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by sending a command that is checked for security after another user is authenticated.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.9
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • pcs >= 0.9.137-13.el7_1.4
  • python-clufter >= 0.9.137-13.el7_1.4
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2015:1700

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Sep 1 16:23:37 2015
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:23:07 2025