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CentOS 8 : elfutils (CESA-2019:3575)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145645

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2019:3575 advisory.

 - elfutils: buffer over-read in the ebl_object_note function in eblobjnote.c in libebl (CVE-2019-7146)

 - elfutils: heap-based buffer over-read in read_srclines in dwarf_getsrclines.c in libdw (CVE-2019-7149)

 - elfutils: segmentation fault in elf64_xlatetom in libelf/elf32_xlatetom.c (CVE-2019-7150)

 - elfutils: out of bound write in elf_cvt_note in libelf/note_xlate.h (CVE-2019-7664)

 - elfutils: heap-based buffer over-read in function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c (CVE-2019-7665)

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-2019:3575

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145645

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2019-3575.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: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-7665

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-7149

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-libelf-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-libs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-libelf, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-libelf-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils-default-yama-scope, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:elfutils

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: 1/20/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-7146, CVE-2019-7149, CVE-2019-7150, CVE-2019-7664, CVE-2019-7665

BID: 107134, 108523, 108806, 108862

RHSA: 2019:3575