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RHEL 7 : elfutils (RHSA-2020:1471)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 135458
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for elfutils.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1471 advisory.The elfutils packages contain a number of utility programs and libraries related to the creation and maintenance of executable code.
Security Fix(es):
* elfutils: Double-free due to double decompression of sections in crafted ELF causes crash (CVE-2018-16402)
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.
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 elfutils package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:1471.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b41532ab
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 135458
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1471.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/14/2020
Updated: 6/4/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16402
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-libelf-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-libelf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-default-yama-scope, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:7.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:elfutils-libelf-devel-static
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: 4/14/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-16402