RHEL 7 : instack-undercloud (RHSA-2017:2649)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193841

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2649 advisory.

- instack-undercloud: uses hardcoded /tmp paths (CVE-2017-7549)

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 instack-undercloud package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1477403

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2649

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1465616

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1479841

http://www.nessus.org/u?a05f38cb

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193841

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-2649.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/24/2024

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7549

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

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:instack-undercloud

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: 9/6/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7549

CWE: 377

RHSA: 2017:2649