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Red Hat: CVE-2024-45770: pcp: pmpost symlink attack allows escalating pcp to root user (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2024-45770: pcp: pmpost symlink attack allows escalating pcp to root user (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/17/2024
Created
09/20/2024
Added
09/20/2024
Modified
11/13/2024

Description

A vulnerability was found in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP). This flaw can only be exploited if an attacker has access to a compromised PCP system account. The issue is related to the pmpost tool, which is used to log messages in the system. Under certain conditions, it runs with high-level privileges.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-pcp
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-conf
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-devel-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-doc
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-export-pcp2elasticsearch
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-export-pcp2graphite
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-export-pcp2influxdb
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-export-pcp2json
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-export-pcp2openmetrics
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-export-pcp2spark
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-export-pcp2xml
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-export-pcp2zabbix
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-export-zabbix-agent
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-export-zabbix-agent-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-geolocate
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-gui
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-gui-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-import-collectl2pcp
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-import-collectl2pcp-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-import-ganglia2pcp
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-import-iostat2pcp
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-import-mrtg2pcp
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-import-sar2pcp
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-libs
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-libs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-libs-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-activemq
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-apache
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-apache-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-bash
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-bash-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-bcc
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-bind2
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-bonding
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-bpf
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-bpf-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-bpftrace
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-cifs
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-cifs-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-cisco
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-cisco-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-dbping
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-denki
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-denki-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-dm
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-dm-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-docker
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-docker-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-ds389
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-ds389log
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-elasticsearch
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-farm
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-farm-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-gfs2
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-gfs2-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-gluster
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-gpfs
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-gpsd
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-hacluster
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-hacluster-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-haproxy
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-infiniband
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-infiniband-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-json
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-libvirt
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-lio
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-lmsensors
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-logger
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-logger-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-lustre
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-lustrecomm
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-lustrecomm-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-mailq
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-mailq-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-memcache
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-mic
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-mongodb
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-mounts
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-mounts-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-mssql
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-mysql
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-named
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-netcheck
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-netfilter
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-news
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-nfsclient
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-nginx
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-nvidia-gpu-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-openmetrics
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-openvswitch
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-oracle
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-pdns
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-perfevent
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-perfevent-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-podman
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-podman-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-postfix
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-postgresql
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-rabbitmq
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-redis
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-resctrl
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-resctrl-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-roomtemp
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-roomtemp-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-rsyslog
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-samba
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-sendmail
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-sendmail-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-shping
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-shping-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-slurm
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-smart
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-smart-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-snmp
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-sockets
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-sockets-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-statsd
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-statsd-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-summary
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-summary-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-systemd
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-systemd-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-trace
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-trace-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-unbound
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-uwsgi
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-weblog
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-weblog-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-zimbra
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-zimbra-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-pmda-zswap
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-selinux
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-system-tools
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-system-tools-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-testsuite
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-testsuite-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-pcp-zeroconf
  • redhat-upgrade-perl-pcp-logimport
  • redhat-upgrade-perl-pcp-logimport-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-perl-pcp-logsummary
  • redhat-upgrade-perl-pcp-mmv
  • redhat-upgrade-perl-pcp-mmv-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-perl-pcp-pmda
  • redhat-upgrade-perl-pcp-pmda-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-python3-pcp
  • redhat-upgrade-python3-pcp-debuginfo

References

  • CVE-2024-45770
  • RHSA-2024:6837
  • RHSA-2024:6844
  • RHSA-2024:6847
  • RHSA-2024:6848
  • RHSA-2024:9452

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