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RHEL 6 : redhat-support-plugin-rhev (RHSA-2014:0224)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 78999

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated redhat-support-plugin-rhev package that fixes one security issue is now available.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

The Red Hat Support plug-in for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization is a new feature which offers seamless integrated access to Red Hat Access services from the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Administration Portal. The plug-in provides automated functionality that enables quicker help, answers, and proactive services. It offers easy and instant access to Red Hat exclusive knowledge, resources, engagement, and diagnostic features.

Detailed information about this plug-in can be found in the Red Hat Customer Portal at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/425603

The Jakarta Commons HttpClient component did not verify that the server hostname matched the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field in X.509 certificates. This could allow a man-in-the-middle attacker to spoof an SSL server if they had a certificate that was valid for any domain name. (CVE-2012-5783)

All users of the Red Hat Support plug-in on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager are advised to install this updated package, which fixes this issue.

Solution

Update the affected redhat-support-plugin-rhev package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/425603

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0224.html

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-5783.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 78999

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-0224.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/8/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-support-plugin-rhev, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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: 2/27/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5783

BID: 58073

RHSA: 2014:0224