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RHEL 7 : e2fsprogs (RHSA-2020:4011)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 141012
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for e2fsprogs.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4011 advisory.The e2fsprogs packages provide a number of utilities for creating, checking, modifying, and correcting the ext2, ext3, and ext4 file systems.
Security Fix(es):
* e2fsprogs: Crafted ext4 partition leads to out-of-bounds write (CVE-2019-5094)
* e2fsprogs: Out-of-bounds write in e2fsck/rehash.c (CVE-2019-5188)
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 7.9 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 RHEL e2fsprogs package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:4011.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?2cb795c4
http://www.nessus.org/u?dd3afe18
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4011
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1711880
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1720130
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1768555
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 141012
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-4011.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 9/29/2020
Updated: 6/4/2024
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: 4.6
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5094
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.7
Temporal Score: 6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5188
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:e2fsprogs-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libss, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libss-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:e2fsprogs-static, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:e2fsprogs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcom_err-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:e2fsprogs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcom_err
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: 9/29/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/24/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-5094, CVE-2019-5188