Oracle Linux 7 : openwsman (ELSA-2019-0638)

high Nessus Plugin ID 123122

Synopsis

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

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2019:0638 :

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

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

Openwsman is a project intended to provide an open source implementation of the Web Services Management specification (WS-Management) and to expose system management information on the Linux operating system using the WS-Management protocol. WS-Management is based on a suite of web services specifications and usage requirements that cover all system management aspects.

Security Fix(es) :

* openwsman: Disclosure of arbitrary files outside of the registered URIs (CVE-2019-3816)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected openwsman packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2019-March/008600.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123122

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-0638.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2019

Updated: 2/3/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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 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:oracle:linux:libwsman-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libwsman1, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openwsman-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openwsman-perl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openwsman-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openwsman-ruby, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openwsman-server, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3816

RHSA: 2019:0638