RHEL 7 : gcc (RHSA-2018:0849)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 108988

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:0849 advisory.

The gcc packages provide compilers for C, C++, Java, Fortran, Objective C, and Ada 95 GNU, as well as related support libraries.

Security Fix(es):

* gcc: GCC generates incorrect code for RDRAND/RDSEED intrinsics (CVE-2017-11671)

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

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Release Notes linked from 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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 108988

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-0849.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/11/2018

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11671

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgnat-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmudflap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgfortran, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libquadmath-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgomp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-objc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgnat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgnat-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libitm-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgo-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libitm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libasan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libatomic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libquadmath-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libquadmath, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgcc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtsan-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libtsan, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgo-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-gnat, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libobjc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-gfortran, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-plugin-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libitm-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmudflap-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cpp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-go, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gcc-objc%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libstdc%2b%2b-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libgfortran-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libasan-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libatomic-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libmudflap-devel

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: 4/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11671

RHSA: 2018:0849

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