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RHEL 7 : xmlrpc (RHSA-2018:2317)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 111514
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for xmlrpc.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2317 advisory.XML-RPC is a way to make remote procedure calls over the Internet. It converts procedure calls into XML documents, sends them to a remote server using the HTTP protocol, and gets back the response as XML.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: xmlrpc (3.1.3). (BZ#1594618)
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 xmlrpc package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2317.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?e5f8ce4f
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2317
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 111514
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2317.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/2/2018
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: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xmlrpc
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: 7/31/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-5003