CentOS 7 : setup (CESA-2018:3249)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 119001

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An update for setup is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link (s) in the References section.

The setup package contains a set of important default system configuration and setup files. Examples include /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/profile. Other examples are the default lists of reserved user IDs, reserved ports, reserved protocols, allowed shells, allowed secure terminals.

Security Fix(es) :

* setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security expectations (CVE-2018-1113)

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.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected setup package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?78ef1b85

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 119001

File Name: centos_RHSA-2018-3249.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2018

Updated: 4/8/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1113

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:setup

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1113

RHSA: 2018:3249