RHEL 8 : glib2 (RHSA-2019:3530)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 130550

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3530 advisory.

- glib2: file_copy_fallback in gio/gfile.c in GNOME GLib does not properly restrict file permissions while a copy operation is in progress (CVE-2019-12450)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3530

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?2e98a4e9

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1630260

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1713081

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1715951

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1719141

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 130550

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3530.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2019

Updated: 4/22/2024

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: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-tests, 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: 5/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12450

CWE: 552

RHSA: 2019:3530