RHEL 8 : GNOME (RHSA-2020:4451)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 142418

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4451 advisory.

GNOME is the default desktop environment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: gnome-remote-desktop (0.1.8), pipewire (0.3.6), vte291 (0.52.4), webkit2gtk3 (2.28.4), xdg-desktop-portal (1.6.0), xdg-desktop-portal- gtk (1.6.0). (BZ#1775345, BZ#1779691, BZ#1817143, BZ#1832347, BZ#1837406)

Security Fix(es):

* webkitgtk: Multiple security issues (CVE-2019-8625, CVE-2019-8710, CVE-2019-8720, CVE-2019-8743, CVE-2019-8764, CVE-2019-8766, CVE-2019-8769, CVE-2019-8771, CVE-2019-8782, CVE-2019-8783, CVE-2019-8808, CVE-2019-8811, CVE-2019-8812, CVE-2019-8813, CVE-2019-8814, CVE-2019-8815, CVE-2019-8816, CVE-2019-8819, CVE-2019-8820, CVE-2019-8823, CVE-2019-8835, CVE-2019-8844, CVE-2019-8846, CVE-2020-3862, CVE-2020-3864, CVE-2020-3865, CVE-2020-3867, CVE-2020-3868, CVE-2020-3885, CVE-2020-3894, CVE-2020-3895, CVE-2020-3897, CVE-2020-3899, CVE-2020-3900, CVE-2020-3901, CVE-2020-3902, CVE-2020-9802, CVE-2020-9803, CVE-2020-9805, CVE-2020-9806, CVE-2020-9807, CVE-2020-9843, CVE-2020-9850, CVE-2020-9862, CVE-2020-9893, CVE-2020-9894, CVE-2020-9895, CVE-2020-9915, CVE-2020-9925, CVE-2020-10018, CVE-2020-11793)

* gnome-settings-daemon: Red Hat Customer Portal password logged and passed as command line argument when user registers through GNOME control center (CVE-2020-14391)

* LibRaw: lack of thumbnail size range check can lead to buffer overflow (CVE-2020-15503)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 142418

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4451.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2020

Updated: 3/15/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3899

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-9895

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-settings-daemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libraw, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-jsc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-jsc-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libraw-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:webkit2gtk3-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2019

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 11/17/2021, 6/13/2022

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Safari in Operator Side Effect Exploit)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-8625, CVE-2019-8710, CVE-2019-8720, CVE-2019-8743, CVE-2019-8764, CVE-2019-8766, CVE-2019-8769, CVE-2019-8771, CVE-2019-8782, CVE-2019-8783, CVE-2019-8808, CVE-2019-8811, CVE-2019-8812, CVE-2019-8813, CVE-2019-8814, CVE-2019-8815, CVE-2019-8816, CVE-2019-8819, CVE-2019-8820, CVE-2019-8823, CVE-2019-8835, CVE-2019-8844, CVE-2019-8846, CVE-2020-10018, CVE-2020-11793, CVE-2020-14391, CVE-2020-15503, CVE-2020-3862, CVE-2020-3864, CVE-2020-3865, CVE-2020-3867, CVE-2020-3868, CVE-2020-3885, CVE-2020-3894, CVE-2020-3895, CVE-2020-3897, CVE-2020-3899, CVE-2020-3900, CVE-2020-3901, CVE-2020-3902, CVE-2020-9802, CVE-2020-9803, CVE-2020-9805, CVE-2020-9806, CVE-2020-9807, CVE-2020-9843, CVE-2020-9850, CVE-2020-9862, CVE-2020-9893, CVE-2020-9894, CVE-2020-9895, CVE-2020-9915, CVE-2020-9925, CVE-2020-9952, CVE-2021-30666, CVE-2021-30761, CVE-2021-30762

CWE: 119, 120, 125, 20, 284, 400, 416, 522, 77, 79, 841

RHSA: 2020:4451

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