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RHEL 6 : Satellite Server (RHSA-2015:0957)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83343

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated spacewalk packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Satellite 5.7.

Red Hat Product Security 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.

Red Hat Satellite is a system management tool for Linux-based infrastructures. It allows for provisioning, monitoring, and remote management of multiple Linux deployments with a single, centralized tool.

It was found that the RPC interface in Satellite would resolve external entities, allowing an attacker to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks. A remote attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the Satellite server, and potentially perform other more advanced XXE attacks. (CVE-2014-8162)

Red Hat would like to thank Travis Emmert for reporting this issue.

All spacewalk users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages. Note that while Satellite 5.6 and below are affected, Red Hat does not plan to release a fix for those versions.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0957

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-8162

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83343

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-0957.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/12/2015

Updated: 10/24/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java-config, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java-oracle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-setup, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-taskomatic, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8162

RHSA: 2015:0957