RHEL 8 : GNOME (RHSA-2020:1766)

high Nessus Plugin ID 136113

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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-2020:1766 advisory.

GNOME is the default desktop environment of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Security Fix(es):

* LibRaw: stack-based buffer overflow in the parse_makernote function of dcraw_common.cpp (CVE-2018-20337)

* gdm: lock screen bypass when timed login is enabled (CVE-2019-3825)

* gvfs: mishandling of file ownership in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c (CVE-2019-12447)

* gvfs: race condition in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c due to admin backend not implementing query_info_on_read/write (CVE-2019-12448)

* gvfs: mishandling of file's user and group ownership in daemon/gvfsbackendadmin.c due to unavailability of root privileges (CVE-2019-12449)

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 8.2 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 136113

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1766.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/29/2020

Updated: 6/3/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3825

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20337

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:clutter-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvncserver-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mutter-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs52, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-terminal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:accountsservice-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-settings-daemon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-gphoto2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxslt-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:appstream-data, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs52-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-menus-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libvncserver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-control-center-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mutter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:clutter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gsettings-desktop-schemas, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-afp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evince-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-tweaks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-archive, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-remote-desktop, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-goa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-afc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vinagre, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evince, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-menus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-online-accounts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nautilus-extensions, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gsettings-desktop-schemas-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evince-browser-plugin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evince-nautilus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libraw-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-control-center, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-session-wayland-session, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-terminal-nautilus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-smb, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:clutter-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libxslt, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vala, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:accountsservice-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-boxes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-session-xsession, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libraw, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nautilus-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vala-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-software, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:accountsservice, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-mtp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gjs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs-fuse, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mozjs60-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:nautilus, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk3-immodule-xim, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-software-editor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gvfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-session, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-online-accounts-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:baobab, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnome-shell, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk-update-icon-cache, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk3-devel

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: 4/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/21/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20337, CVE-2019-12447, CVE-2019-12448, CVE-2019-12449, CVE-2019-3825

BID: 107124, 109289

CWE: 121, 282, 287, 364

RHSA: 2020:1766

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