CentOS 8 : systemd (CESA-2019:3592)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145634

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2019:3592 advisory.

- systemd: systemd-resolved allows unprivileged users to configure DNS (CVE-2019-15718)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3592

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145634

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2019-3592.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2021

Updated: 1/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15718

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-container, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-journal-remote, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-pam, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-udev, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:systemd

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15718

RHSA: 2019:3592