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RHEL 7 : procps-ng (RHSA-2020:1265)
high Nessus Plugin ID 135090
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for procps-ng.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1265 advisory.The procps-ng packages contain a set of system utilities that provide system information, including ps, free, skill, pkill, pgrep, snice, tload, top, uptime, vmstat, w, watch, and pwdx.
Security Fix(es):
* procps-ng, procps: Local privilege escalation in top (CVE-2018-1122)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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 procps-ng package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:1265.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?bb8dfe44
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 135090
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1265.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/1/2020
Updated: 2/21/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1122
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps-ng, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:7.5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps-ng-i18n, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps-ng-devel
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: 5/17/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-1122
BID: 104214