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RHEL 7 : systemd (RHSA-2019:0049)
high Nessus Plugin ID 121173
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for systemd.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0049 advisory.- systemd: Out-of-bounds heap write in systemd-networkd dhcpv6 option handling (CVE-2018-15688)
- systemd: stack overflow when calling syslog from a command with long cmdline (CVE-2018-16864)
- systemd: stack overflow when receiving many journald entries (CVE-2018-16865)
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 systemd package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:0049.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?6338993a
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0049
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1639067
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 121173
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-0049.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/15/2019
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15688
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgudev1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgudev1-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-journal-gateway, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-networkd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-resolved, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-sysv, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2018