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CentOS 7 : libsolv (CESA-2019:2290)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 128385

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Synopsis

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

Description

An update for libsolv is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. 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 libsolv packages provide a library for resolving package dependencies using a satisfiability algorithm.

Security Fix(es) :

* libsolv: NULL pointer dereference in function testcase_read (CVE-2018-20532)

* libsolv: NULL pointer dereference in function testcase_str2dep_complex (CVE-2018-20533)

* libsolv: illegal address access in pool_whatprovides in src/pool.h (CVE-2018-20534)

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 libsolv packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b874ae8f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 128385

File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-2290.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/30/2019

Updated: 4/30/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20534

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsolv, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsolv-demo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsolv-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsolv-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-solv, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20532, CVE-2018-20533, CVE-2018-20534

RHSA: 2019:2290