CentOS 8 : 389-ds:1.4 (CESA-2019:3401)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145664

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2019:3401 advisory.

- 389-ds-base: replication and the Retro Changelog plugin store plaintext password by default (CVE-2018-10871)

- 389-ds-base: using dscreate in verbose mode results in information disclosure (CVE-2019-10224)

- 389-ds-base: Read permission check bypass via the deref plugin (CVE-2019-14824)

- 389-ds-base: DoS via hanging secured connections (CVE-2019-3883)

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.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145664

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2019-3401.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2021

Updated: 2/8/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10871

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-lib389

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10871, CVE-2019-10224, CVE-2019-14824, CVE-2019-3883

BID: 107909

RHSA: 2019:3401