Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for collectd.
Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2615 advisory.
collectd is a host-based system statistics collection daemon that gathers metrics from various sources periodically, such as the operating system, applications, log files and devices, and storage clusters. As the daemon does not start up each time it updates files, it has a low system footprint.
For Red Hat Gluster Storage Web Administration 3.4, collectd service is responsible for gathering metrics from Red Hat Gluster Storage clusters.
The updated collectd package includes the following security bug fixes.
Security Fix(es):
* collectd: Infinite loop due to incorrect interaction of parse_packet() and parse_part_sign_sha256() functions (CVE-2017-7401)
* collectd: double free in csnmp_read_table function in snmp.c (CVE-2017-16820)
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 updated package contains a number of bug fixes and enhancements, which are documented in detail in the Release Notes, linked in the References.
All users of collectd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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 collectd package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2615.
Plugin Details
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2615.nasl
Agent: unix
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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:collectd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:collectd-ping, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcollectdclient, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2017