Oracle Linux 7 : xdg-user-dirs (ELSA-2018-0842)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109107

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:0842 :

An update for xdg-user-dirs 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.

xdg-user-dirs is a tool to create and configure default desktop user directories such as the Music and the Desktop directories.

Security Fix(es) :

* xdg-user-dirs, gnome-session: Xsession creation of XDG user directories does not honor system umask policy (CVE-2017-15131)

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 7.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected xdg-user-dirs package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109107

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2018-0842.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Oracle Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 4/18/2018

Updated: 9/27/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xdg-user-dirs, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15131

RHSA: 2018:0842

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