RHEL 7 : bash (RHSA-2020:3474)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139670

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3474 advisory.

The bash packages provide Bash (Bourne-again shell), which is the default shell for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Security Fix(es):

* bash: BASH_CMD is writable in restricted bash shells (CVE-2019-9924)

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 bash package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:3474.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?35fe46d7

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3474

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1691774

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139670

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-3474.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2020

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9924

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:bash-doc, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:7.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bash

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: 8/18/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9924

BID: 109277

CWE: 138

RHSA: 2020:3474