RHEL 6 : sssd and ding-libs (RHSA-2018:1877)

high Nessus Plugin ID 110602

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for sssd / ding-libs.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1877 advisory.

- sssd: unsanitized input when searching in local cache database (CVE-2017-12173)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL sssd / ding-libs packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1877.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7e408d1a

http://www.nessus.org/u?930329e4

http://www.nessus.org/u?c064174a

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1877

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1401546

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1438360

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1442703

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1487040

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1498173

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110602

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1877.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/19/2018

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12173

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libbasicobjects, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libbasicobjects-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcollection, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcollection-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdhash, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdhash-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libini_config, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libini_config-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpath_utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libpath_utils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libref_array, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libref_array-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_simpleifp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_simpleifp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-common-pac, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ding-libs

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12173

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2018:1877