RHEL 7 : python-rtslib (RHSA-2020:5435)

high Nessus Plugin ID 144552

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python-rtslib.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:5435 advisory.

The python-rtslib package provides a Python library to configure the kernel target subsystem, using the configfs file system.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: python-rtslib (2.1.74).
(BZ#1855171)

Security Fix(es):

* python-rtslib: weak permissions for /etc/target/saveconfig.json (CVE-2020-14019)

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 python-rtslib package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:5435.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?93e8835f

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5435

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1854723

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 144552

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-5435.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/22/2020

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14019

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:python-rtslib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-rtslib-doc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 12/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14019

CWE: 282

RHSA: 2020:5435