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RHEL 8 : oddjob (RHSA-2020:4687)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 142405
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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-2020:4687 advisory.- oddjob: race condition in oddjob_selinux_mkdir function in mkhomedir.c can lead to symlink attack (CVE-2020-10737)
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 oddjob and / or oddjob-mkhomedir packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10737
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 142405
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4687.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/4/2020
Updated: 5/25/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.7
Temporal Score: 2.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10737
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.3
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:oddjob, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:oddjob-mkhomedir
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: 11/4/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-10737