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RHEL 7 : liblouis (RHSA-2017:3384)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 105029
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for liblouis.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:3384 advisory.- liblouis: incomplete fix for CVE-2014-8184 (CVE-2017-15101)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL liblouis package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:3384.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?fce2e7db
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3384
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 105029
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-3384.nasl
Version: 3.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 12/6/2017
Updated: 4/27/2024
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
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15101
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:liblouis, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:liblouis-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:liblouis-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:liblouis-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:liblouis-utils, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
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: 12/5/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-15101