RHEL 7 : patch (RHSA-2019:2033)

high Nessus Plugin ID 127652

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2033 advisory.

- patch: Out-of-bounds access in pch_write_line function in pch.c (CVE-2016-10713)

- patch: Double free of memory in pch.c:another_hunk() causes a crash (CVE-2018-6952)

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 patch package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:2033.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5036fbf7

http://www.nessus.org/u?cc7115e8

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2033

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1545053

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1545405

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1626473

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1653294

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127652

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2033.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2019

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: 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-2018-6952

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:patch, 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: 8/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10713, CVE-2018-6952

CWE: 125, 416

RHSA: 2019:2033