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EulerOS Virtualization 2.5.1 : glibc (EulerOS-SA-2018-1332)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 118420
Synopsis
The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing a security update.Description
According to the version of the glibc packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :- stdlib/canonicalize.c in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.27 and earlier, when processing very long pathname arguments to the realpath function, could encounter an integer overflow on 32-bit architectures, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow and, potentially, arbitrary code execution.(CVE-2018-11236)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected glibc package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 118420
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2018-1332.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 10/26/2018
Updated: 2/3/2022
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
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-2018-11236
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:huawei:euleros:glibc, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:2.5.1, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:nscd, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:glibc-headers, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:glibc-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-11236