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RHEL 6 : telnet (RHSA-2020:1335)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 135231
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for telnet.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1335 advisory.- telnet-server: no bounds checks in nextitem() function allows to remotely execute arbitrary code (CVE-2020-10188)
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 telnet package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:1335.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?9ce03cca
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 135231
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1335.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/6/2020
Updated: 4/21/2024
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: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10188
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:telnet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:telnet-server
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-10188