CentOS 7 : 389-ds-base (CESA-2019:1896)

high Nessus Plugin ID 127473

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for 389-ds-base is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. 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.

389 Directory Server is an LDAP version 3 (LDAPv3) compliant server.
The base packages include the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server and command-line utilities for server administration.

Security Fix(es) :

* 389-ds-base: DoS via hanging secured connections (CVE-2019-3883)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es) :

* Previously, if you were using the PAM plugin and attempted to bind as a dn that doesn't exist, the server would crash. This has now been fixed. (BZ# 1718184)

Solution

Update the affected 389-ds-base packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127473

File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-1896.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 1/6/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3883

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-snmp, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:389-ds-base-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3883

RHSA: 2019:1896

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