RHEL 7 : libcdio (RHSA-2018:3246)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 118537

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for libcdio.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:3246 advisory.

- libcdio: Heap-based buffer over-read in print_iso9660_recurse function in iso-info.c (CVE-2017-18198)

- libcdio: NULL pointer dereference in realloc_symlink in rock.c (CVE-2017-18199)

- libcdio: Double free in get_cdtext_generic() in lib/driver/_cdio_generic.c (CVE-2017-18201)

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 libcdio package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:3246.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?03533392

http://www.nessus.org/u?2b0cc1e7

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3246

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1549644

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1549701

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1549707

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 118537

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-3246.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2018

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2017-18201

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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcdio, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcdio-devel, 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: 10/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18198, CVE-2017-18199, CVE-2017-18201

CWE: 119, 125

RHSA: 2018:3246