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RHEL 8 : gvfs (RHSA-2019:1517)

high Nessus Plugin ID 126026

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for gvfs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

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.

GVFS is the GNOME Desktop Virtual File System layer that allows users to easily access local and remote data using File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Secure Shell File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV), Common Internet File System (CIFS), Server Message Block (SMB), and other protocols. GVFS integrates with the GNOME I/O (GIO) abstraction layer.

Security Fix(es) :

* gvfs: Incorrect authorization in admin backend allows privileged users to read and modify arbitrary files without prompting for password (CVE-2019-3827)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1517

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-3827

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126026

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-1517.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/19/2019

Updated: 2/2/2021

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: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3827

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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:gvfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-afc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-afc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-afp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-afp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-archive, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-archive-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-fuse, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-fuse-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-goa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-goa-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-gphoto2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-gphoto2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-mtp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-mtp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-smb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-smb-debuginfo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3827

RHSA: 2019:1517