RHEL 8 : osinfo-db and libosinfo (RHSA-2019:3387)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130532

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for osinfo-db / libosinfo.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3387 advisory.

- Libosinfo: osinfo-install-script option leaks password via command line argument (CVE-2019-13313)

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 osinfo-db / libosinfo packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:3387.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?44d4fab6

http://www.nessus.org/u?b8d3b26b

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3387

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1685364

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1689817

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1699988

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1699989

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1699990

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1703480

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1713130

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1713245

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1727766

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1739897

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130532

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3387.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2019

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: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13313

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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:gnome-boxes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libosinfo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osinfo-db, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osinfo-db-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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: 11/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13313

CWE: 200

RHSA: 2019:3387