RHEL 7 : systemd (RHSA-2020:4007)

low Nessus Plugin ID 141022

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for systemd.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4007 advisory.

- systemd: memory leak in button_open() in login/logind-button.c when udev events are received (CVE-2019-20386)

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 systemd package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:4007.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?31a5efb3

http://www.nessus.org/u?dd3afe18

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4007

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1244691

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1679934

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1689344

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1693374

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1757704

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1766477

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1769923

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1769928

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1770158

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1775291

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1778744

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1793979

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1804757

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1809053

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1812889

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1814028

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1817576

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1828953

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1829754

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1832816

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 141022

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4007.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2020

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20386

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.4

Temporal Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:libgudev1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgudev1-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-journal-gateway, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-networkd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-resolved, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemd-sysv

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: 1/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20386

CWE: 400

RHSA: 2020:4007