RHEL 7 : openstack-nova (RHSA-2018:2855)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194079

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for openstack-nova.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2855 advisory.

- openstack-nova: Swapping encrypted volumes can allow an attacker to corrupt the LUKS header causing a denial of service in the host (CVE-2017-18191)

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 openstack-nova package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2855.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194079

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2855.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: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18191

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova-api, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova-cells, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova-cert, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova-compute, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova-conductor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova-console, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova-migration, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova-network, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova-novncproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova-scheduler, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova-serialproxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openstack-nova-spicehtml5proxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-nova, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-nova-tests

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18191

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2018:2855

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