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RHEL 2.1 / 3 : iproute (RHSA-2003:317)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 12432

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated iproute packages that close a locally-exploitable denial of service vulnerability are now available.

The iproute package contains advanced IP routing and network device configuration tools.

Herbert Xu reported that iproute can accept spoofed messages sent on the kernel netlink interface by other users on the local machine. This could lead to a local denial of service attack. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2003-0856 to this issue.

Users of iproute should upgrade to these erratum packages, which contain a patch that checks that netlink messages actually came from the kernel.

Solution

Update the affected iproute package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0856

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:317

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 12432

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-317.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:iproute

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0856

RHSA: 2003:317