RHEL 7 : openslp (RHSA-2019:4240)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 132229

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:4240 advisory.

- openslp: Heap-based buffer overflow in ProcessSrvRqst() in slpd_process.c leading to remote code execution (CVE-2019-5544)

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 openslp package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:4240.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 132229

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-4240.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/18/2019

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: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5544

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openslp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openslp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openslp-server, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 12/16/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2019

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5544

CWE: 122

RHSA: 2019:4240

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