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RHCOS 3 : jenkins (RHSA-2016:0711)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 311997
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat CoreOS host is missing one or more security updates for jenkins.Description
The remote Red Hat Enterprise Linux CoreOS 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:0711 advisory.- jenkins: Remote code execution vulnerability in remoting module (SECURITY-232) (CVE-2016-0788)
- jenkins: HTTP response splitting vulnerability (SECURITY-238) (CVE-2016-0789)
- jenkins: Non-constant time comparison of API token (SECURITY-241) (CVE-2016-0790)
- jenkins: Non-constant time comparison of CSRF crumbs (SECURITY-245) (CVE-2016-0791)
- jenkins: Remote code execution through remote API (SECURITY-247) (CVE-2016-0792)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHCOS jenkins package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:0711.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
http://www.nessus.org/u?93a2c1f1
https://jenkins.io/changelog-stable/#v1.642.2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311946
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311947
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311948
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311949
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1311950
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1324664
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 311997
File Name: rhcos-RHSA-2016-0711.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/4/2026
Updated: 5/5/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.2
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0788
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 9.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0791
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jenkins-plugin-openshift-pipeline, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jenkins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jenkins-plugin-credentials, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:coreos, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jenkins-plugin-durable-task, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jenkins-plugin-kubernetes
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: 5/3/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2016
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Jenkins XStream Groovy classpath Deserialization Vulnerability)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-0788, CVE-2016-0789, CVE-2016-0790, CVE-2016-0791, CVE-2016-0792
RHSA: 2016:0711