RHEL 6 : novnc (RHSA-2015:0884)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194003

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for novnc.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2015:0884 advisory.

- novnc: session hijack through insecurely set session token cookies (CVE-2013-7436)

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 RHEL novnc package based on the guidance in RHSA-2015:0884.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194003

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-0884.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 4/27/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-7436

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:novnc

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: 4/23/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7436

CWE: 319

RHSA: 2015:0884

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