Oracle Linux 7 : cockpit (ELSA-2019-0482)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122801

Synopsis

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

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2019:0482 :

An update for cockpit is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.

Cockpit enables users to administer GNU/Linux servers using a web browser. It offers network configuration, log inspection, diagnostic reports, SELinux troubleshooting, interactive command-line sessions, and more.

Security Fix(es) :

* cockpit: Crash when parsing invalid base64 headers (CVE-2019-3804)

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.

Solution

Update the affected cockpit packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2019-March/008526.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122801

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-0482.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2019

Updated: 2/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:N/I:N/A:P

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cockpit, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cockpit-bridge, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cockpit-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cockpit-machines-ovirt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cockpit-system, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:cockpit-ws, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3804

RHSA: 2019:0482