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Scientific Linux Security Update : ksh on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20200217)

high Nessus Plugin ID 133756

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Security Fix(es) :

 - ksh: certain environment variables interpreted as arithmetic expressions on startup, leading to code injection (CVE-2019-14868)

Solution

Update the affected ksh and / or ksh-debuginfo packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?09fd9a82

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 133756

File Name: sl_20200217_ksh_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/18/2020

Updated: 3/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14868

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:fermilab:scientific_linux:ksh, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ksh-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14868