Blkid in util-linux before 2.26rc-1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - util-linux: runuser tty hijack via TIOCSTI ioctl (CVE-2016-2779)

  - Blkid in util-linux before 2.26rc-1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9114)

  - Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable. (CVE-2015-5218)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - util-linux: command injection flaw in blkid (CVE-2014-9114)

  - Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a     denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable. (CVE-2015-5218)

  - The parse_dos_extended function in partitions/dos.c in the libblkid library in util-linux allows     physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted MSDOS     partition table with an extended partition boot record at zero offset. (CVE-2016-5011)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has util-linux packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

  - Blkid in util-linux before 2.26rc-1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9114)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the version of the util-linux packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - Blkid in util-linux before 2.26rc-1 allows local users     to execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2014-9114)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the util-linux packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - Blkid in util-linux before 2.26rc-1 allows local users     to execute arbitrary code.(CVE-2014-9114)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the version of the util-linux package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - Blkid in util-linux before 2.26rc-1 allows local users     to execute arbitrary code.i1/4^CVE-2014-9114i1/4%0

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201612-14 (util-linux: Arbitrary code execution)

    A command injection flaw was discovered in util-linux&rsquo;s &ldquo;blkid&rdquo;
      utility. It uses caching files (/dev/.blkid.tab or /run/blkid/blkid.tab)       to store info about the UUID, LABEL etc. it finds on certain devices.
      However, it does not strip &lsquo;&rdquo;&rsquo; character, so it can be confused to       build variable names containing shell metacharacters, which it would       usually encode inside the value.
  Impact :

    A local attacker could create a specially crafted partition label       containing arbitrary code which would get executed when the &ldquo;blkid&rdquo;
      utility processes that value.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

util-linux was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed :

  - CVE-2014-9114: Using crafted block devices (e.g. USB     sticks) it was possibly to inject code via libblkid.
    libblkid was fixed to care about unsafe chars and     possible buffer overflow in cache (bnc#907434)

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Updated util-linux packages fix security vulnerability :

Sebastian Krahmer reported a command injection flaw in blkid. This could possibly result in command execution with root privileges (CVE-2014-9114).

The util-linux package has been updated to version 2.24.2 and patched to fix this issue and other bugs.

util-linux has been updated to fix one security issue :

  - command injection flaw in blkid (bnc#907434).
    Additionally, these non-security issues have been fixed     :. (CVE-2014-9114)

  - Fix possible script hang. (bnc#888678)

  - Enable build of libmount / findmnt. (bnc#900965)

  - Don't stop trying filesystem when mounting fails with     EACCESS. (bnc#918041)

  - Fix possible loop in findmnt (bsc#917164)

  - Recognize Unisys s-Par as hypervisor (FATE#318231)

  - Include the utmpdump.1 manpage (bsc#901549).

util-linux was updated to fix a security issue, where local attackers might be able to execute code as root with a prepared USB stick (CVE-2014-9114 bsc#907434).

Security fix for CVE-2014-9114

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198650	RHEL 7 : util-linux (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
198615	RHEL 6 : util-linux (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
147355	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : util-linux Vulnerability (NS-SA-2021-0055)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
129254	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2019-2061)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
126864	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2019-1737)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
126536	EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2019-1694)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
126297	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2019-1670)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
123861	EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.3 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2019-1175)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
95547	GLSA-201612-14 : util-linux: Arbitrary code execution	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
83679	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : util-linux (SUSE-SU-2015:0270-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
82375	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : util-linux (MDVSA-2015:122)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
82021	SuSE 11.3 Security Update : util-linux (SAT Patch Number 10452)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
80579	openSUSE Security Update : util-linux (openSUSE-SU-2015:0066-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
79901	Fedora 21 : util-linux-2.25.2-2.fc21 (2014-15908)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
79705	Fedora 20 : util-linux-2.24.2-2.fc20 (2014-16016)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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