RHEL 8 : yum (RHSA-2019:3583)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130555

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3583 advisory.

- libsolv: illegal address access in pool_whatprovides in src/pool.h (CVE-2018-20534)

- libcomps: use after free when merging two objmrtrees (CVE-2019-3817)

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: High

ID: 130555

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3583.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/6/2019

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3817

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:createrepo_c, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:createrepo_c-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:createrepo_c-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dnf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dnf-automatic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dnf-data, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:dnf-plugins-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcomps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcomps-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdnf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librepo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:librhsm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsolv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:microdnf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-createrepo_c, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-dnf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-dnf-plugins-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-hawkey, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libcomps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-libdnf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-librepo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:yum, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:yum-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20534, CVE-2019-3817

CWE: 125, 416

RHSA: 2019:3583

Detections

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