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RHEL 8 : Red Hat Virtualization (RHSA-2020:5218)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 143238

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5218 advisory.

 - libssh: denial of service when handling AES-CTR (or DES) ciphers (CVE-2020-1730)

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 redhat-virtualization-host-image-update package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1730

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5218

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1801998

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 143238

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5218.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/24/2020

Updated: 5/25/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1730

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-virtualization-host-image-update

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: 11/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1730

CWE: 476

IAVA: 2020-A-0203

RHSA: 2020:5218