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CentOS 8 : gvfs (CESA-2019:1517)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145640

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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-2019:1517 advisory.

 - gvfs: Incorrect authorization in admin backend allows privileged users to read and modify arbitrary files without prompting for password (CVE-2019-3827)

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-2019:1517

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145640

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2019-1517.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3827

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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:centos:centos:gvfs-fuse, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-afc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-afp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-goa, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-smb, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-gphoto2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-archive, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs-mtp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gvfs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3827

RHSA: 2019:1517