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GLSA-201904-18 : libseccomp: Privilege escalation

critical Nessus Plugin ID 124131

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201904-18 (libseccomp: Privilege escalation)

 Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All libseccomp users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-libs/libseccomp-2.4.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-18

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 124131

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201904-18.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 4/18/2019

Updated: 6/3/2024

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-2019-9893

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:gentoo:linux:libseccomp, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9893

GLSA: 201904-18