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CentOS 7 : libcgroup (CESA-2019:2047)

high Nessus Plugin ID 128338

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Synopsis

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

Description

An update for libcgroup 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.

The libcgroup packages provide tools and libraries to control and monitor control groups.

Security Fix(es) :

* libcgroup: cgrulesengd creates log files with insecure permissions (CVE-2018-14348)

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.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected libcgroup packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4e06470e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128338

File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-2047.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/30/2019

Updated: 12/31/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14348

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcgroup-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcgroup-pam, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcgroup-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcgroup

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14348

RHSA: 2019:2047