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RHEL 8 : gcc (RHSA-2020:1864)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136055

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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-2020:1864 advisory.

 - gcc: POWER9 DARN RNG intrinsic produces repeated output (CVE-2019-15847)

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/security/cve/CVE-2019-15847

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1864

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1755523

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136055

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1864.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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15847

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.2, 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:cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-gdb-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-gfortran, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-offload-nvptx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-plugin-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libasan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libatomic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libatomic-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgcc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgfortran, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgomp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgomp-offload-nvptx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libitm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libitm-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:liblsan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libquadmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libquadmath-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtsan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libubsan

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: 9/2/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15847

CWE: 331

RHSA: 2020:1864