RHEL 8 : libdb (RHSA-2021:1675)

low Nessus Plugin ID 149682

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1675 advisory.

- libdb: Denial of service in the Data Store component (CVE-2019-2708)

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-2019-2708

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1675

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1853242

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 149682

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-1675.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/19/2021

Updated: 5/24/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-2708

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-cxx, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-cxx-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-devel-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-sql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-sql-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libdb-utils

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: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-2708

CWE: 284

RHSA: 2021:1675