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.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.- procps-ng, procps: Local privilege escalation in top (CVE-2018-1122)
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 procps-ng, procps-ng-devel and / or procps-ng-i18n packages.See Also
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/829.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1122
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 135090
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1265.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/1/2020
Updated: 10/13/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl, redhat_repos.nasl
Risk Information
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1122
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.4
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
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: E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:7.5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps-ng, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps-ng-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps-ng-i18n
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