CVE-2021-44225 (GCVE-0-2021-44225)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-26 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 04:17
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In Keepalived through 2.2.4, the D-Bus policy does not sufficiently restrict the message destination, allowing any user to inspect and manipulate any property. This leads to access-control bypass in some situations in which an unrelated D-Bus system service has a settable (writable) property
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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