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RHEL 7 : gettext (RHSA-2020:1138)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 135046

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1138 advisory.

 - gettext: double free in default_add_message in read-catalog.c (CVE-2018-18751)

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-2020:1138

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18751

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1647043

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 135046

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1138.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/31/2020

Updated: 3/20/2024

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: 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-2018-18751

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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:emacs-gettext, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gettext, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gettext-common-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gettext-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gettext-libs

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: 3/31/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18751

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2020:1138