CentOS 8 : systemd (CESA-2019:0990)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145673

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-2019:0990 advisory.

- systemd: Insufficient input validation in bus_process_object() resulting in PID 1 crash (CVE-2019-6454)

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-2019:0990

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145673

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2019-0990.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2021

Updated: 1/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6454

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6454

BID: 107081

RHSA: 2019:0990