RHEL 7 : bluez (RHSA-2020:4001)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141020

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-2020:4001 advisory.

- bluez: Improper access control in subsystem could result in privilege escalation and DoS (CVE-2020-0556)

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-2020-0556

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4001

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1814293

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141020

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4001.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2020

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: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-0556

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-cups, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-hid2hci, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bluez-libs-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: 9/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0556

CWE: 266, 400

RHSA: 2020:4001