Oracle Linux 7 : abrt (ELSA-2015-1083)

high Nessus Plugin ID 84074

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1083 advisory.

- The default event handling scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allow local users to gain privileges as demonstrated by a symlink attack on a var_log_messages file. (CVE-2015-1869)

- The event scripts in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) uses world-readable permission on a copy of sosreport file in problem directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from /var/log/messages via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2015-1870)

- The kernel-invoked coredump processor in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) does not properly check the ownership of files before writing core dumps to them, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging write permissions to the working directory of a crashed application.
(CVE-2015-3142)

- daemon/abrt-handle-upload.in in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT), when moving problem reports from /var/spool/abrt-upload, allows local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on (1) /var/spool/abrt or (2) /var/tmp/abrt. (CVE-2015-3147)

- abrt-dbus in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to delete or change the ownership of arbitrary files via the problem directory argument to the (1) ChownProblemDir, (2) DeleteElement, or (3) DeleteProblem method. (CVE-2015-3150)

- Directory traversal vulnerability in abrt-dbus in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to read, write to, or change ownership of arbitrary files via unspecified vectors to the (1) NewProblem, (2) GetInfo, (3) SetElement, or (4) DeleteElement method. (CVE-2015-3151)

- The abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache help program in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) does not properly handle the process environment before invoking abrt-action-install-debuginfo, which allows local users to gain privileges. (CVE-2015-3159)

- Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) allows local users to read, change the ownership of, or have other unspecified impact on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /var/tmp/abrt/*/maps, (2) /tmp/jvm-*/hs_error.log, (3) /proc/*/exe, (4) /etc/os-release in a chroot, or (5) an unspecified root directory related to librpm. (CVE-2015-3315)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1083.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 84074

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1083.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2015

Updated: 1/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-3315

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-ccpp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-kerneloops, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-pstoreoops, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-upload-watch, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-vmcore, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-addon-xorg, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-cli, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-console-notification, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-dbus, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-desktop, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-gui, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-gui-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-gui-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-python-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-retrace-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:abrt-tui, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-anaconda, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-cli, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-compat, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-gtk, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-gtk-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-newt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-plugin-bugzilla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-plugin-kerneloops, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-plugin-logger, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-plugin-mailx, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-plugin-reportuploader, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-plugin-ureport, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-rhel-anaconda-bugzilla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-rhel-bugzilla, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-web, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libreport-web-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2017

Exploitable With

Metasploit (ABRT raceabrt Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1869, CVE-2015-1870, CVE-2015-3142, CVE-2015-3147, CVE-2015-3150, CVE-2015-3151, CVE-2015-3159, CVE-2015-3315

BID: 75116, 75117, 75118, 75119, 75122, 75124, 75128, 75129

RHSA: 2015:1083