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RHEL 8 : ibus and glib2 (RHSA-2020:1880)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136047

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1880 advisory.

 - ibus: missing authorization allows local attacker to access the input bus of another user (CVE-2019-14822)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1880

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14822

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1717958

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136047

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1880.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/28/2020

Updated: 5/25/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14822

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ibus-devel-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ibus-gtk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ibus-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ibus-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ibus-setup, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ibus-wayland, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-fam, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:glib2-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ibus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ibus-devel

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: 4/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14822

CWE: 862

RHSA: 2020:1880