CentOS 6 : sblim-cim-client2 (CESA-2012:0987)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 59935

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated sblim-cim-client2 packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team 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.

The SBLIM (Standards-Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability) CIM (Common Information Model) Client is a class library for Java applications that provides access to CIM servers using the CIM Operations over HTTP protocol defined by the DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force) standards.

It was found that the Java HashMap implementation was susceptible to predictable hash collisions. SBLIM uses HashMap when parsing XML inputs. A specially crafted CIM-XML message from a WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management) server could cause a SBLIM client to use an excessive amount of CPU. Randomization has been added to help avoid collisions. (CVE-2012-2328)

All users of sblim-cim-client2 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

Solution

Update the affected sblim-cim-client2 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?72073b55

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 59935

File Name: centos_RHSA-2012-0987.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/11/2012

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: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2328

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sblim-cim-client2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sblim-cim-client2-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sblim-cim-client2-manual, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2328

RHSA: 2012:0987