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RHEL 6 : procps (RHSA-2018:2267)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 111365
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for procps.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2267 advisory.- procps-ng, procps: Integer overflows leading to heap overflow in file2strvec (CVE-2018-1124)
- procps-ng, procps: incorrect integer size in proc/alloc.* leading to truncation / integer overflow issues (CVE-2018-1126)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL procps package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2267.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?efdd408f
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2267
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 111365
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2267.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 7/27/2018
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2018-1126
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: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:6.7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:procps-devel
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: 7/26/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/23/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-1124, CVE-2018-1126