RHEL 7 : pcs (RHSA-2018:1060)

high Nessus Plugin ID 108996

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for pcs.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1060 advisory.

- pcs: Privilege escalation via authorized user malicious REST call (CVE-2018-1079)

- pcs: Debug parameter removal bypass, allowing information disclosure (CVE-2018-1086)

- rack-protection: Timing attack in authenticity_token.rb (CVE-2018-1000119)

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 RHEL pcs package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1060.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 108996

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1060.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/11/2018

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1086

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcs-snmp, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000119, CVE-2018-1079, CVE-2018-1086

CWE: 20, 385, 552

RHSA: 2018:1060

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