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CentOS 7 : util-linux (CESA-2016:2605)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 95351

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for util-linux is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link (s) in the References section.

The util-linux packages contain a large variety of low-level system utilities that are necessary for a Linux system to function. Among others, these include the fdisk configuration tool and the login program.

Security Fix(es) :

* It was found that util-linux's libblkid library did not properly handle Extended Boot Record (EBR) partitions when reading MS-DOS partition tables. An attacker with physical USB access to a protected machine could insert a storage device with a specially crafted partition table that could, for example, trigger an infinite loop in systemd-udevd, resulting in a denial of service on that machine.
(CVE-2016-5011)

Red Hat would like to thank Michael Gruhn for reporting this issue.
Upstream acknowledges Christian Moch as the original reporter.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected util-linux packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b99c10e1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 95351

File Name: centos_RHSA-2016-2605.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/28/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5011

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libblkid, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libblkid-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libmount, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libmount-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libuuid, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libuuid-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:util-linux, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:uuidd, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5011

RHSA: 2016:2605