RHEL 8 : rsyslog (RHSA-2020:1702)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 136059

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1702 advisory.

- rsyslog: heap-based overflow in contrib/pmaixforwardedfrom/pmaixforwardedfrom.c (CVE-2019-17041)

- rsyslog: heap-based overflow in contrib/pmcisconames/pmcisconames.c (CVE-2019-17042)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 136059

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1702.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/28/2020

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17042

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmaudit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-relp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmkubernetes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-elasticsearch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmjsonparse, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-mmnormalize, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-kafka, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-gnutls, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:rsyslog-crypto

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: 4/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17041, CVE-2019-17042

CWE: 122

RHSA: 2020:1702

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