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RHEL 7 : corosync (RHSA-2018:1169)
high Nessus Plugin ID 109117
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for corosync.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1169 advisory.The corosync packages provide the Corosync Cluster Engine and C APIs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux cluster software.
Security Fix(es):
* corosync: Integer overflow in exec/totemcrypto.c:authenticate_nss_2_3() function (CVE-2018-1084)
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.
Red Hat would like to thank Citrix Security Response Team for reporting this issue.
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 RHEL corosync package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1169.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?ed62cf82
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1169
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 109117
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1169.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/18/2018
Updated: 11/5/2024
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: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
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-2018-1084
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:corosynclib-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:corosynclib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:corosync, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:corosync-qnetd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:corosync-qdevice
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: 4/17/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-1084