Detections
Analytics
RHEL 7 : openvswitch (RHSA-2018:1267)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 109441
Language:
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for openvswitch.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1267 advisory.Open vSwitch provides standard network bridging functions and support for the OpenFlow protocol for remote per-flow control of traffic.
Security Fix(es):
* dpdk: Information exposure in unchecked guest physical to host virtual address translations (CVE-2018-1059)
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.
This issue was discovered by Maxime Coquelin (Red Hat).
Bug Fix(es):
* The openvswitch packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2.9.0, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1560628)
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 openvswitch package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1267.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?385fca82
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1267
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 109441
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1267.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/1/2018
Updated: 6/3/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.9
Temporal Score: 2.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1059
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-ovn-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-ovn-central, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-ovn-vtep, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-openvswitch, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openvswitch-ovn-host
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 4/30/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-1059