RHEL 7 : .NET 5.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHSA-2021:0794)

high Nessus Plugin ID 147233

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0794 advisory.

- dotnet: System.Text.Encodings.Web Remote Code Execution (CVE-2021-26701)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-26701

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0794

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1933740

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 147233

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0794.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/10/2021

Updated: 1/16/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26701

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet50-aspnetcore-runtime-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet50-aspnetcore-targeting-pack-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet50-dotnet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet50-dotnet-apphost-pack-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet50-dotnet-host, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet50-dotnet-hostfxr-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet50-dotnet-runtime-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet50-dotnet-sdk-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet50-dotnet-targeting-pack-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet50-dotnet-templates-5.0, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnet50-netstandard-targeting-pack-2.1

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: 3/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-26701

CWE: 119

IAVA: 2021-A-0091-S

RHSA: 2021:0794