RHEL 8 : pcs (RHSA-2020:2670)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137831

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for pcs.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2670 advisory.

The pcs packages provide a command-line configuration system for the Pacemaker and Corosync utilities.

Security Fix(es):

* rubygem-json: Unsafe Object Creation Vulnerability in JSON (CVE-2020-10663)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

* [GUI] Colocation constraint can't be added (BZ#1840157)

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 pcs package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:2670.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137831

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2670.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/25/2020

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10663

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcs-snmp, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pcs

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: 6/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10663

CWE: 94

RHSA: 2020:2670

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