openhpi/Makefile.am in OpenHPI before 3.6.0 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/openhpi directory, which allows local users, when quotas are not properly setup, to fill the filesystem hosting /var/lib and cause a denial of service (disk consumption).

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2015-823:01 advisory.

    OpenHPI is an open source project created with the intent of providing an     implementation of the SA Forum's Hardware Platform Interface (HPI). HPI     provides an abstracted interface to managing computer hardware, typically for     chassis and rack based servers. HPI includes resource modeling; access to and     control over sensor, control, watchdog, and inventory data associated with     resources; abstracted System Event Log interfaces; hardware events and alerts;
    and a managed hot swap interface.
    OpenHPI provides a modular mechanism for adding new hardware and device support     easily. Many plug-ins exist in the OpenHPI source tree to provide access to     various types of hardware. This includes, but is not limited to, IPMI based     servers, Blade Center, and machines which export data via sysfs.
    Security issues fixed with this release:
    CVE-2015-3248
    ** RESERVED **     This candidate has been reserved by an organization or individual that     will use it when announcing a new security problem.  When the     candidate has been publicized, the details for this candidate will be     provided.
    Fixed bugs:
    * Network timeouts were handled incorrectly in the openhpid daemon. As a consequence, network connections     could fail when external plug-ins were used. With this update, handling of network socket timeouts has     been improved in openhpid, and the described problem no longer occurs.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - openhpi/Makefile.am in OpenHPI before 3.6.0 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/openhpi     directory, which allows local users, when quotas are not properly setup, to fill the filesystem hosting     /var/lib and cause a denial of service (disk consumption). (CVE-2015-3248)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

It was found that the '/var/lib/openhpi' directory provided by OpenHPI used world-writeable and world-readable permissions. A local user could use this flaw to view, modify, and delete OpenHPI-related data, or even fill up the storage device hosting the /var/lib directory.
(CVE-2015-3248)

The openhpi packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.4.0, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.

This update also fixes the following bug :

  - Network timeouts were handled incorrectly in the     openhpid daemon. As a consequence, network connections     could fail when external plug-ins were used. With this     update, handling of network socket timeouts has been     improved in openhpid, and the described problem no     longer occurs.

Updated openhpi packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

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

OpenHPI is an open source project created with the intent of providing an implementation of the SA Forum's Hardware Platform Interface (HPI).
HPI provides an abstracted interface to managing computer hardware, typically for chassis and rack based servers. HPI includes resource modeling, access to and control over sensor, control, watchdog, and inventory data associated with resources, abstracted System Event Log interfaces, hardware events and alerts, and a managed hotswap interface.

It was found that the '/var/lib/openhpi' directory provided by OpenHPI used world-writeable and world-readable permissions. A local user could use this flaw to view, modify, and delete OpenHPI-related data, or even fill up the storage device hosting the /var/lib directory.
(CVE-2015-3248)

This issue was discovered by Marko Myllynen of Red Hat.

The openhpi packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.4.0, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1127908)

This update also fixes the following bug :

* Network timeouts were handled incorrectly in the openhpid daemon. As a consequence, network connections could fail when external plug-ins were used. With this update, handling of network socket timeouts has been improved in openhpid, and the described problem no longer occurs.
(BZ#1208127)

All openhpi users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues and add these enhancements.

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2015-2369 advisory.

    [3.4.0-2]
    - fix /var/lib/openhpi permissions
    - Resolves: rhbz#1063367

    [3.4.0-1]
    - update to 3.4.0 (#1127908)
    - Resolves: rhbz#1127908,rhbz#948461,rhbz#1208127,rhbz#1201827

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

fix /var/lib/openhpi permissions (#1233521).

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
289130	MiracleLinux 7 : openhpi-3.4.0-2.el7 (AXSA:2015-823:01)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
218808	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-3248	Nessus	Misc.	medium
87565	Scientific Linux Security Update : openhpi on SL7.x x86_64 (20151119)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
87153	CentOS 7 : openhpi (CESA-2015:2369)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
87036	Oracle Linux 7 : openhpi (ELSA-2015-2369)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
86985	RHEL 7 : openhpi (RHSA-2015:2369)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
86312	Fedora 22 : openhpi-3.4.0-2.fc22 (2015-10944)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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