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CVE-2015-5189

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Published: Sep 3, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

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4.9
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Exploitability: 6.8 / Impact: 4.9
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Pacemaker/corosync Configuration System Project
1 product
Pacemaker/corosync Configuration System
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Pacemaker/corosync Configuration System
Up to 0.9.139

Related CWEs

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (4)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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