CVE-2020-25654 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2020-25654: An ACL bypass flaw was found in pacemaker. An attacker having a local account on the cluster and in the haclient group could use IPC communication with various daemons directly to perform certain tasks that they would be prevented by ACLs from doing if they went through the configuration.

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2020-25654 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

pacemaker→ fixed in2.0.5~rc2-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y pacemaker
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

pacemaker→ fixed in2.0.5~rc2-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y pacemaker
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

pacemaker→ fixed in2.0.5~rc2-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y pacemaker
```

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