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RHEL 6 : xmlrpc3 (RHSA-2018:1779)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 110280
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for xmlrpc3.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:1779 advisory.Apache XML-RPC is a Java implementation of XML-RPC, a popular protocol that uses XML over HTTP to implement remote procedure calls.
Security Fix(es):
* xmlrpc: Deserialization of untrusted Java object through <ex:serializable> tag (CVE-2016-5003)
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.
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 xmlrpc3 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:1779.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?f7764674
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1779
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 110280
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-1779.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/1/2018
Updated: 4/15/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5003
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc3-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc3-common, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc3-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc3-common-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc3-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc3-client-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc3-javadoc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-5003