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RHEL 5 : sudo (RHSA-2019:4191)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194162

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:4191 advisory.

 - sudo: Privilege escalation via 'Runas' specification with 'ALL' keyword (CVE-2019-14287)

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 sudo package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:4191.

See Also

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1760531

http://www.nessus.org/u?eefc76da

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4191

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194162

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-4191.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/28/2024

Updated: 4/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sudo

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: 12/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2019

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14287

CWE: 267

IAVA: 2019-A-0378-S

RHSA: 2019:4191