setup before version 2.11.4-1.fc28 in Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux added /sbin/nologin and /usr/sbin/nologin to /etc/shells. This violates security assumptions made by pam_shells and some daemons which allow access based on a user's shell being listed in /etc/shells. Under some circumstances, users which had their shell changed to /sbin/nologin could still access the system.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has setup packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - Setup in Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux added     /sbin/nologin and /usr/sbin/nologin to /etc/shells. This     violates security assumptions made by pam_shells and     some daemons which allow access based on a user's shell     being listed in /etc/shells. Under some circumstances,     users which had their shell changed to /sbin/nologin     could still access the system. (CVE-2018-1113)

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

According to the version of the setup package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - setup before version 2.11.4-1.fc28 in Fedora and Red     Hat Enterprise Linux added /sbin/nologin and     /usr/sbin/nologin to /etc/shells. This violates     security assumptions made by pam_shells and some     daemons which allow access based on a user's shell     being listed in /etc/shells. Under some circumstances,     users which had their shell changed to /sbin/nologin     could still access the system. (CVE-2018-1113)

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.

Setup in Amazon Linux 2 added /sbin/nologin and /usr/sbin/nologin to /etc/shells. This violates security assumptions made by pam_shells and some daemons which allow access based on a user's shell being listed in /etc/shells. Under some circumstances, users which had their shell changed to /sbin/nologin could still access the system.
(CVE-2018-1113)

Please note: this update removes the `/sbin/nologin` and `/usr/sbin/nologin` login shells from the `/etc/shells` file due to security reasons. Consequently, when the configuration of the Very Secure File Transfer Protocol Daemon, *vsftpd*, is modified to enable the `chroot_local_user`, FTP logins are impossible.

To work around this problem, add `/sbin/nologin` or `/usr/sbin/nologin`, respectively, to the `/etc/shells` file. As a result, a login shell for users that are allowed to use FTP, but not SSH, is available again. However, note that this workaround exposes
*vsftpd* to the security risk described in this advisory.

- don't list nologin in /etc/shells (#1378893)

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

According to the version of the setup package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security     expectations (CVE-2018-1113)

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.

Security Fix(es) :

  - setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security     expectations (CVE-2018-1113)

An update for setup 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 setup package contains a set of important default system configuration and setup files. Examples include /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/profile. Other examples are the default lists of reserved user IDs, reserved ports, reserved protocols, allowed shells, allowed secure terminals.

Security Fix(es) :

* setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security expectations (CVE-2018-1113)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:3249 :

An update for setup 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 setup package contains a set of important default system configuration and setup files. Examples include /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/profile. Other examples are the default lists of reserved user IDs, reserved ports, reserved protocols, allowed shells, allowed secure terminals.

Security Fix(es) :

* setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security expectations (CVE-2018-1113)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
127282	NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : setup Vulnerability (NS-SA-2019-0075)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	medium
124912	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : setup (EulerOS-SA-2019-1409)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
122159	Amazon Linux 2 : setup (ALAS-2019-1158)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
120908	Fedora 28 : setup (2018-f47268acd5)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
119910	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : setup (EulerOS-SA-2018-1421)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
119522	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : setup (EulerOS-SA-2018-1394)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
119199	Scientific Linux Security Update : setup on SL7.x (noarch) (20181030)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
119001	CentOS 7 : setup (CESA-2018:3249)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
118781	Oracle Linux 7 : setup (ELSA-2018-3249)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
118538	RHEL 7 : setup (RHSA-2018:3249)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

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CVE-2018-1113

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