RHEL 7 : .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHSA-2018:2902)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118127

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2902 advisory.

- .NET Core: information disclosure due to authentication information exposed in a redirect (CVE-2018-8292)

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 .NET Core on Red Hat Enterprise Linux package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2902.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?7bb58886

https://github.com/dotnet/announcements/issues/88

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2902

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1636274

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118127

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2902.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2018

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: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-8292

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnetcore11-dotnetcore, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rh-dotnetcore10-dotnetcore, 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: 10/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8292

CWE: 201

RHSA: 2018:2902