RHEL 6 : openslp (RHSA-2018:2308)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 111492

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for openslp.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2308 advisory.

- openslp: Heap memory corruption in slpd/slpd_process.c allows denial of service or potentially code execution (CVE-2017-17833)

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 openslp package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2308.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 111492

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2308.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/2/2018

Updated: 8/27/2024

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: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17833

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openslp-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openslp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openslp-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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: 7/31/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17833

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2018:2308

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