RHEL 7 : rubygem-smart_proxy_dynflow (RHSA-2018:2733)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 117680

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for rubygem-smart_proxy_dynflow.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2733 advisory.

The rubygem provided by rubygem-smart_proxy_dynflow is a plugin into Foreman's Smart Proxy for running Dynflow actions on the Smart Proxy.

Security Fix(es):

* smart_proxy_dynflow: Authentication bypass in Foreman remote execution feature (CVE-2018-14643)

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 issue was discovered by Ivan Necas (Red Hat).

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 rubygem-smart_proxy_dynflow package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2733.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?d0770215

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2733

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1629003

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1629063

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 117680

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2733.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/25/2018

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: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14643

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:rubygem-smart_proxy_dynflow, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 9/20/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14643

CWE: 287

IAVB: 2018-B-0128

RHSA: 2018:2733