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RHEL 7 : systemd (RHSA-2020:1264)
high Nessus Plugin ID 135087
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1264 advisory.- systemd: line splitting via fgets() allows for state injection during daemon-reexec (CVE-2018-15686)
- systemd: out-of-bounds read when parsing a crafted syslog message (CVE-2018-16866)
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.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15686
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16866
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1264
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 135087
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1264.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/1/2020
Updated: 5/25/2023
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: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-15686
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:7.5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgudev1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgudev1-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-journal-gateway, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-networkd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-resolved, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-sysv
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: 4/1/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-15686, CVE-2018-16866