RHEL 8 : rhvm-appliance (RHSA-2021:0988)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 148122

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:0988 advisory.

- lldpd: buffer overflow in the lldp_decode function in daemon/protocols/lldp.c (CVE-2015-8011)

- postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in logical replication (CVE-2020-14349)

- postgresql: Uncontrolled search path element in CREATE EXTENSION (CVE-2020-14350)

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 rhvm-appliance package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8011

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14349

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14350

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0988

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1865744

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1865746

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1896536

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 148122

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-0988.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/25/2021

Updated: 2/2/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8011

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rhvm-appliance

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: 3/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8011, CVE-2020-14349, CVE-2020-14350

CWE: 120, 20

IAVB: 2020-B-0047-S

RHSA: 2021:0988