EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : subscription-manager, python-rhsm (EulerOS-SA-2016-1069)

low Nessus Plugin ID 99831

Synopsis

The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the version of the subscription-manager, python-rhsm packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

- It was found that subscription-manager set weak permissions on files in /var/lib/rhsm/, causing an information disclosure. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to access sensitive data that could potentially be used in a social engineering attack.(CVE-2016-4455)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected subscription-manager, python-rhsm package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?40bba4d4

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 99831

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2016-1069.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 5/1/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:python-rhsm, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:python-rhsm-certificates, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:subscription-manager, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:subscription-manager-gui, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0

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

Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4455