RHEL 7 : elfutils (RHSA-2019:2197)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 127696

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2197 advisory.

- elfutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in libdw/dwarf_getaranges.c:dwarf_getaranges() via crafted file (CVE-2018-16062)

- elfutils: Double-free due to double decompression of sections in crafted ELF causes crash (CVE-2018-16402)

- elfutils: Heap-based buffer over-read in libdw/dwarf_getabbrev.c and libwd/dwarf_hasattr.c causes crash (CVE-2018-16403)

- elfutils: invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwfl_segment_report_module.c in libdwfl (CVE-2018-18310)

- elfutils: eu-size cannot handle recursive ar files (CVE-2018-18520)

- elfutils: Divide-by-zero in arlib_add_symbols function in arlib.c (CVE-2018-18521)

- elfutils: heap-based buffer over-read in read_srclines in dwarf_getsrclines.c in libdw (CVE-2019-7149)

- elfutils: segmentation fault in elf64_xlatetom in libelf/elf32_xlatetom.c (CVE-2019-7150)

- elfutils: out of bound write in elf_cvt_note in libelf/note_xlate.h (CVE-2019-7664)

- elfutils: heap-based buffer over-read in function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c (CVE-2019-7665)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 127696

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2197.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16402

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-default-yama-scope, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-libelf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-libelf-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-libelf-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-libs, 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: 8/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16062, CVE-2018-16402, CVE-2018-16403, CVE-2018-18310, CVE-2018-18520, CVE-2018-18521, CVE-2019-7149, CVE-2019-7150, CVE-2019-7664, CVE-2019-7665

CWE: 119, 122, 125, 369, 416, 787

RHSA: 2019:2197

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