RHEL 8 : osinfo-db and libosinfo (RHSA-2019:3387)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130532

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for osinfo-db / libosinfo.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3387 advisory.

The osinfo-db package contains a database that provides information about operating systems and hypervisor platforms to facilitate the automated configuration and provisioning of new virtual machines.

The libosinfo packages provide a library that allows virtualization provisioning tools to determine the optimal device settings for a combination of hypervisor and operating system.

Security Fix(es):

* Libosinfo: osinfo-install-script option leaks password via command line argument (CVE-2019-13313)

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 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL osinfo-db / libosinfo packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:3387.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130532

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3387.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/6/2019

Updated: 11/6/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13313

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osinfo-db, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-boxes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:osinfo-db-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libosinfo

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: 11/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13313

CWE: 200

RHSA: 2019:3387

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