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EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.2 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2023-1302)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 170815

Synopsis

The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the versions of the util-linux package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - An integer overflow in util-linux through 2.37.1 can potentially cause a buffer overflow if an attacker were able to use system resources in a way that leads to a large number in the /proc/sysvipc/sem file.
 NOTE: this is unexploitable in GNU C Library environments, and possibly in all realistic environments.
 (CVE-2021-37600)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected util-linux packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1155f4b0

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 170815

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2023-1302.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 1/30/2023

Updated: 1/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-37600

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:util-linux, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:3.0.2.2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-37600