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RHEL 7 : file (RHSA-2020:2521)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 137393
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for file.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2521 advisory.The file command is used to identify a particular file according to the type of data the file contains. It can identify many different file types, including Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) binary files, system libraries, RPM packages, and different graphics formats.
Security Fix(es):
* file: out-of-bounds read via a crafted ELF file (CVE-2018-10360)
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 file package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:2521.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?e6442077
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 137393
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2521.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/12/2020
Updated: 11/7/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10360
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-magic, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:file, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:7.7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:file-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:file-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:file-devel
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: 6/12/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-10360