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RHEL 8 : ipa (RHSA-2021:2027)

high Nessus Plugin ID 149721

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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-2021:2027 advisory.

 - slapi-nis: NULL dereference (DoS) with specially crafted Binding DN (CVE-2021-3480)

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-2021-3480

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2027

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1944640

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 149721

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2027.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: 3.6

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-2021-3480

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.1, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bind-dyndb-ldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:custodia, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client-samba, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-healthcheck, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-idoverride-memberof-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-python-compat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-dns, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-trust-ad, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:opendnssec, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-custodia, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-ipaclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-ipalib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-ipaserver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-jwcrypto, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-kdcproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pyusb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-qrcode, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-qrcode-core, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-yubico, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:slapi-nis, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:softhsm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:softhsm-devel

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: 5/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3480

CWE: 476

RHSA: 2021:2027