RHEL 7 : gvfs (RHSA-2019:2145)

high Nessus Plugin ID 127684

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for gvfs.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2145 advisory.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL gvfs package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:2145.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619719

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1632960

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1665578

http://www.nessus.org/u?b3b9ffca

http://www.nessus.org/u?cc7115e8

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2145

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127684

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2145.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 4/27/2024

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-afp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-archive, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-fuse, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-goa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-gphoto2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-mtp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-smb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-tests, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 8/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3827

CWE: 863

RHSA: 2019:2145