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CentOS 7 : libqb (CESA-2020:1189)

high Nessus Plugin ID 135357

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1189 advisory.

 - libqb: Insecure treatment of IPC (temporary) files (CVE-2019-12779)

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 libqb packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?97bb6651

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135357

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-1189.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/10/2020

Updated: 3/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12779

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libqb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libqb-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12779

RHSA: 2020:1189