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RHEL 7 : avahi (RHSA-2020:1176)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 135048
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for avahi.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1176 advisory.Avahi is an implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS specifications for Zero Configuration Networking. It facilitates service discovery on a local network. Avahi and Avahi-aware applications allow you to plug your computer into a network and, with no configuration, view other people to chat with, view printers to print with, and find shared files on other computers.
Security Fix(es):
* avahi: Multicast DNS responds to unicast queries outside of local network (CVE-2017-6519)
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 7.8 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 avahi package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:1176.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?9fd740f8
http://www.nessus.org/u?afba0e17
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 135048
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1176.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/1/2020
Updated: 11/7/2024
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: 6.0
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6519
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 8.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-compat-howl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-qt4-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-qt3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-autoipd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-ui, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-qt3-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-gobject, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-qt4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-compat-howl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-glib-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-gobject-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-ui-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-glib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-dnsconfd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-compat-libdns_sd, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-ui-gtk3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:avahi-ui-tools
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/3/2015
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-6519
BID: 106782