CVE-2021-44225 describes an access control bypass vulnerability in Keepalived through version 2.2.4, affecting Fedora and Keepalived products. The flaw stems from insufficient D-Bus policy restrictions, allowing any user to inspect and manipulate properties of unrelated D-Bus system services. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:keepalived:keepalived:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVE-2021-44225
Dec 14, 2021keepalived: dbus access control bypass
Nov 26, 2021In 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
Nov 9, 2021