A flaw was found in Cockpit. Deleting a sosreport with a crafted name via the Cockpit web interface can lead to a command injection vulnerability, resulting in privilege escalation. This issue affects Cockpit versions 270 and newer.

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:3667 advisory.

    * cockpit: command injection when deleting a sosreport with a crafted name (CVE-2024-2947)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky Linux security advisory.

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

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2024:3843 advisory.

    * cockpit: command injection when deleting a sosreport with a crafted name (CVE-2024-2947)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

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

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-3843 advisory.

    [311.2-1.0.1]
    - Replaced upstream urls in documentation with oracle links [Orabug: 36528753]
    - Drop subscription-manager-cockpit requirement for ol [Orabug: 34681110]
    - Remove duplicate reference to server in cockpit [Orabug: 34030494]
    - Update documentation links [Orabug: 30271413], [Orabug: 32013095],       [Orabug: 32795691], [Orabug: 34398512], [Orabug: 34742876]
    - Update spec file for new release

    [311.2]
    - Remove recommends on subscription-manager-cockpit if applicable

    [311.2-1]
    - sosreport: Fix command injection with crafted report names [CVE-2024-2947]       (jira#RHEL-31074)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3843 advisory.

    Cockpit enables users to administer GNU/Linux servers using a web browser. It offers network     configuration, log inspection, diagnostic reports, SELinux troubleshooting, interactive command-line     sessions, and more.

    Security Fix(es):

    * cockpit: command injection when deleting a sosreport with a crafted name (CVE-2024-2947)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-3667 advisory.

    [310.4-1.0.1]
    - Update documentation links [Orabug: 34706402]
    - Drop subscription-manager-cockpit requirement for ol [Orabug: 34681110]
    - Remove duplicate reference to server in cockpit [Orabug: 33862832]
    - Update documentation links [Orabug: 32795691]
    - Make documentation links point to Oracle Linux information [Orabug: 30271413] [Orabug: 32013095]
    - Fix rendering of hwinfo page on systems with some empty memory slots [Orabug: 32826970]

    [310.4-1]
    - sosreport: Fix command injection with crafted report names [CVE-2024-2947]       (jira#RHEL-30452)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2024:3667 advisory.

    * cockpit: command injection when deleting a sosreport with a crafted name (CVE-2024-2947)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3667 advisory.

    Cockpit enables users to administer GNU/Linux servers using a web browser. It offers network     configuration, log inspection, diagnostic reports, SELinux troubleshooting, interactive command-line     sessions, and more.

    Security Fix(es):

    * cockpit: command injection when deleting a sosreport with a crafted name (CVE-2024-2947)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-4e95f130fc advisory.

    Automatic update for cockpit-314-1.fc40.

    ##### **Changelog for cockpit**

    ```
    * Thu Mar 28 2024 Packit <hello@packit.dev> - 314-1
    - Diagnostic reports: Fix command injection vulnerability with crafted report names
    - Storage: Improvements to read-only encrypted filesystems

    ```



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5655 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in Cockpit. Deleting a sosreport with a crafted name via the Cockpit web interface can     lead to a command injection vulnerability, resulting in privilege escalation. This issue affects Cockpit     versions 270 and newer. (CVE-2024-2947)

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

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-31e83b461d advisory.

    sosreport: Fix command injection with crafted report names [CVE-2024-2947]


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-6065341780 advisory.

    Automatic update for cockpit-314-1.fc39.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
200582	Rocky Linux 8 : cockpit (RLSA-2024:3667)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	high
200551	AlmaLinux 9 : cockpit (ALSA-2024:3843)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
200436	Oracle Linux 9 : cockpit (ELSA-2024-3843)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
200425	RHEL 9 : cockpit (RHSA-2024:3843)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
200173	Oracle Linux 8 : cockpit (ELSA-2024-3667)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
200165	AlmaLinux 8 : cockpit (ALSA-2024:3667)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
200153	RHEL 8 : cockpit (RHSA-2024:3667)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
194608	Fedora 40 : cockpit (2024-4e95f130fc)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
193482	Debian dsa-5655 : cockpit - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
193456	Fedora 38 : cockpit (2024-31e83b461d)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
192712	Fedora 39 : cockpit (2024-6065341780)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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