# CVE-2018-19046: keepalived 2.0.8 didn't check for existing plain files when writing data to a temporary file upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-11-08 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

keepalived 2.0.8 didn't check for existing plain files when writing data to a temporary file upon a call to PrintData or PrintStats. If a local attacker had previously created a file with the expected name (e.g., /tmp/keepalived.data or /tmp/keepalived.stats), with read access for the attacker and write access for the keepalived process, then this potentially leaked sensitive information.

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## References

- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-01
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015141
- https://github.com/acassen/keepalived/issues/1048

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