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EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.3 : yum-utils (EulerOS-SA-2019-1160)
high Nessus Plugin ID 123846
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Synopsis
The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing a security update.Description
According to the version of the yum-utils package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :- A directory traversal issue was found in reposync, a part of yum-utils, where reposync fails to sanitize paths in remote repository configuration files. If an attacker controls a repository, they may be able to copy files outside of the destination directory on the targeted system via path traversal. If reposync is running with heightened privileges on a targeted system, this flaw could potentially result in system compromise via the overwriting of critical system files.i1/4^CVE-2018-10897i1/4%0
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected yum-utils package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 123846
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2019-1160.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 4/9/2019
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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:huawei:euleros:yum-utils, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:2.5.3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-10897