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EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.2 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2020-2194)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 141671

Synopsis

The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the version of the util-linux package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

 - Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.(CVE-2015-5218)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected util-linux package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?79ec5cfc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 141671

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2020-2194.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 10/21/2020

Updated: 2/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5218

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:util-linux, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:3.0.2.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/uvp_version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5218