RHEL 5 : systemtap (RHSA-2010:0124)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 44956

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for systemtap.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2010:0124 advisory.

- systemtap: remote code execution via stap-server (CVE-2009-4273)

- systemtap: Crash with systemtap script using __get_argv() (CVE-2010-0411)

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 RHEL systemtap package based on the guidance in RHSA-2010:0124.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 44956

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2010-0124.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/2/2010

Updated: 4/21/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-4273

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0411

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-initscript, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-runtime, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-sdt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:systemtap-testsuite, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/1/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4273, CVE-2010-0411

CWE: 78

RHSA: 2010:0124

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